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  • Officer Training School graduates first total force class

    Air Force Officer Training School moved one step closer to complete total force integration with its first-ever simultaneous graduation of active duty, Reserve and Air National Guard officer trainees Oct. 10, 2014.The first graduating class of fiscal year 2015, which consisted of 193 new second

  • CCAF graduates largest class to date

    The Community College of the Air Force's October class broke records when 13,042 graduates earned their associate of applied science degree.With the graduates from the April class, the year 2014 has had a total of 23,160 graduates.Breaking records is nothing new for the CCAF. It is the largest

  • NASCAR driver visits Maxwell

    NASCAR driver Gregg Biffle visited with Airmen at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sep. 25.During his visit, he worked with Officer Training School cadets to maneuver through two obstacles at Project X, the Officer Training School leadership reaction course, and took photos with Airmen and signed

  • If you build it, will they come?

    One of my favorite movies as a child was "Field of Dreams." It's a movie about a farmer from Iowa who was inspired to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield. While working in his field one day he heard a voice saying, "If you build it, they will come." He was so convinced that he should build the

  • SOS shortens to increase attendance

    To align with the chief of staff of the Air Force's vision to give more company grade officers the opportunity to attend Squadron Officer School, Squadron Officer College is changing the school's course term length from eight to five weeks starting in fiscal year 2015. The school challenges students

  • Maxwell NCO continues to serve after amputation

    (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Robert Dantzler) His sons say he has a robot leg, the doctors and nurses call it a prosthetic, but to him, it's what has allowed him to overcome the odds and continue doing what he loves. The air traffic controller was enjoying a typical day off in late

  • A resilient rebel

    At nearly twice their ages and half their sizes, Lt. Col. Melanie Friedman stands out among those wearing the same uniform. The deputy director of intelligence at the Curtis E. Lemay Center for Doctrine Development and Education ties her laces together just like the rest of them, and then fiddles

  • Dragons dominate the "Great SOC Tournament"

    Instructors and leadership representing each squadron and command staff at Air University's Squadron Officer College participated in both physical and mental competitions Aug. 15 during the triennial Great Squadron Officer College Tournament" at Maxwell.SOC created the day-long event to build

  • Air University hosts first learning symposium

    The first Air University Learning Symposium is Sept. 25 at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education on Maxwell.The symposium theme is "The Essential Weapon of the Warfighter."The symposium is designed for information sharing and the professional development of the civilian

  • QFRB: Can you still respect an AF that gave you the 'boot'?

    At 27 years old and after nearly five years of being in uniform, Senior Airman Lee Owens is rejoining the civilian workforce in September. Like more than 3,500 Airmen Air Force-wide, the 42nd Air Base Wing-assigned broadcast engineer was selected for separation after being identified by the Air