HomeNews


Redirecting...

 

Air University & Maxwell AFB News

  • AU inducts Indonesian Air Force chief into International Honor Roll

    Air Chief Marshal Imam Sufaat, chief of staff of the Indonesian Air Force, was inducted into the International Officer School's International Honor Roll July 12 in a ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base.The award "acknowledges the good relationship" between the U.S. and Indonesia, the air chief

  • Couple spends time, law degrees giving to Maxwell community

    Maxwell is the first base where Gretchen Elameto immersed herself in volunteering, and she's found a new way to enjoy being a military spouse. "I loved it," she said. "It's actually been really, really rewarding. I've made so many friends. This is the first time that I haven't worked, and just doing

  • Air University earns SACS Ph.D. accreditation

    The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has upgraded Air University's membership to Level V, a move that will allow the university to offer up to three doctoral programs.Dr. Bruce Murphy, AU's chief academic officer, said the SACS action is "a significant step in the life of Air

  • 554th Electronic Systems Wing becomes directorate

    While they will continue their current mission, the men and women of the 554th Electronic Systems Wing were reorganized Tuesday under a new name.The 554th ELSW is now a directorate called the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems and will continue to have components at

  • OTS names dormitory after former Air Force JAG

    Maxwell's building 1491, an Officer Training School dormitory, has a new name.The dormitory is now Morehouse Hall, in memory of Maj. Gen. David Morehouse, a former Judge Advocate General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.In attendance for the dedication ceremony last week was Lt. Gen. Richard Harding,

  • International officers’ wives receive welcome, information during IFOP

    Peggy Funk knows what it is to be an Air Force officer's wife in a foreign country.She's lived in Germany and didn't understand the language. She's tentatively shopped for groceries in Italy, unsure of exactly what she was purchasing."I do know what it is like not being able to speak the language or

  • ROTC summer field training shapes tomorrow's Air Force officer corps

    Air University is hosting a series of 28-day summer field training courses for about 2,400 Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps students here through Aug. 28."Summer ROTC training is rigorous training for the students and will mentally and physically prepare them for the challenges they will

  • Maxwell’s perimeter fence upgrades security

    An obvious change to Maxwell Air Force Base is the ongoing construction of the new perimeter fence.The Maxwell-Gunter Antiterrorism Officer said the new fence project was started shortly after the base acquired the Riverside Heights property in 2006 under then 42nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Paul

  • CIA representative augments AWC staff

    An analyst from one of the nation's most secure organizations serves as an academic representative to Air University's Air War College.Christopher Keast of the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Intelligence is currently assigned to Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, as a

  • Distinguished educators gain first-hand experience during Maxwell visit

    Twenty-five distinguished educators from colleges and universities around the United States and Puerto Rico completed a three-day visit to Maxwell Air Force Base on June 12.The Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accession and Citizen Development provided the college and university representatives