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Air University & Maxwell AFB News

  • Motorcycle riders get new perspective with beer goggles and tricycles

    Airmen and Department of Defense civilian motorcyclists gathered to attend Maxwell’s annual Motorcycle Safety Day Thursday. The focus behind Motorcycle Safety Day was to include riders of all skill levels to come together and learn how to become safer and better riders. At the event, riders could

  • Airmen Develop App for Future Airshows

    Maxwell had a successful Air Show and Open House last month, but the work isn’t over for a team of app developers that helped with the event. The Maxwell Air Show app was available for iOS and Android devices, and thousands of attendees, spectators, and coordinators benefitted from its development.

  • Japanese Broadcasting crew travels back to Maxwell for second documentary

    A news crew member from the Nippon Hoso Kyokia (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) films Air University Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., June 15, 2017. The film will be used for an upcoming documentary about the Air Corps Tactical School, which was located at Maxwell from 1931 to 1942 and

  • Air University student receives aerial combat medal

    Maj. Ryan Mittelstet, Air Command and Staff College student was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during the 2017 Gathering of Eagles event by Retired Maj. Gen. Gregory A. Feest, a GOE honoree. The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to individuals who have performed acts of heroism or who

  • AFITC 2017 slated for August, registration open

    Registration is now open for the 2017 Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference, Aug. 28-30, 2017, at Montgomery’s Renaissance Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center. Living up to its theme of “The Future is Now … A Digital Age Air Force,” the conference will highlight the

  • Maxwell renames and dedicates swimming pool

    The 42nd Air Base Wing Commander, Col. Eric Shafa, and retired Col. William Quinn rededicated the Maxwell Pool on Maxwell Air Force Base, Friday, June 9.The rededication ceremony was held to commemorate the pools ties with the Aviation Cadets that were stationed here in 1944. The Cadet Pool was

  • “Billy” Mitchell and the Rise of Naval Airpower

    The US Navy and the Japanese Navy, 75 years ago, fought two historic naval battles which changed the course of the Pacific War and naval history.  On May 8-4, 1942, in the battle of the Coral Sea, just to the northeast of Australia, the two adversaries fought each other, entirely with naval

  • Air Force imagines 2050 outlook

    Air University is inviting Airmen to take a look at what the Air Force will look like in 2050, aligning to the Air Force Secretary’s and Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s vision for the force.  “Under the guidance of Secretary of Defense Mattis and with the support of the Congress, we will restore