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  • ACSC welcomes its 73rd class

    Air Command and Staff College welcomed 480 students as its 73rd academic year began last week.Lt. Gen. David Fadok, commander and president of the Air University, greeted students during a ceremony Aug. 8 at Wood Auditorium. "We are a military organization with an academic mission," Fadok said. "We

  • Airman spends day with command chief

    As part of the Junior Enlisted Advisory Council shadow program, one of Maxwell's newest Airmen had an opportunity to spend the day with the 42nd Air Base Wing command chief Aug. 8.Airman 1st Class Lance Thornton, an Air University computer programmer, was selected by a group of his peers to receive

  • Maxwell’s Air Park: Walk through history

    The intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force has continuous reminders of one particular subject -- history. Maxwell Air Force Base's Air Park, located on the Academic Circle, displays 12 static aircraft from different periods in time. Air Park was founded in April 1983, through the

  • RED HORSE team modernizes Maxwell’s training sites

    Members of the 823rd RED HORSE Squadron have spent the past two weeks renovating field training sites for Maxwell AFB. The 17-Airman crew demolished tents, set up the Alaska Small Shelter Systems and installed electricity and heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Lt. Col. John Blackwell,

  • Youth programs combat negative influences

    If you have children, especially teenagers, you already know the harrowing statistics that illustrate the dangers they face in the world today. Daily we see news about kids left to their own devices after school who have taken the wrong path in life. Air Force youth programs help combat potentially

  • Maxwell officer builds historical database

    What started as a solution to an information collection problem six years ago, has grown into a substantial database that documents air power through almost 100 years of conflicts. The database, known as THOR - Theater History of Operations Reports - is the brainchild of Lt. Col. Jenns Robertson,

  • Telephone operator support ends August 31

    Telephone operator support for Air Education and Training Command will end at noon Aug. 31, ending an era for AETC bases. "Rest assured, service to our customers is still a priority for AETC," said Rebecca Meares-Jones, chief of AETC's Command Services Flight.Customers at AETC bases will be served

  • Save a life

    When it comes to saving a life, seldom is it something you can plan. You might witness a car crash and spring into action. Most would probably do what they could to help. However, what if you could actually be part of a plan to save a life? I retired from the Air Force nearly three years ago. The

  • Base hosts volunteer recognition lunch

    The 42nd Force Support Squadron held a Volunteer Excellence Award recognition luncheon at the Maxwell Event Center July 31 in honor of the base's long-term volunteers.Christine Bushby, a Maxwell volunteer with the base chapel and Boy Scouts for the past eight years won the volunteer excellence award

  • SOS Class, Habitat for Humanity team up to rebuild local home

    Saturday, July 14, marked the last time students from Squadron Officer School class 12D volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity New Hope Village in Montgomery, Ala. For the last month, more than 190 students from the class have lifted sheets of plywood, swung hammers and roasted in the hot Alabama