Maxwell dietician and personal trainer strive to create a health conscious environment

Mike Polis, 42nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron dietician, and Josh Hale, 42nd Force Support Squadron personal trainer, are working together to help create and foster an environment here on base that is health and fitness conscious.As a way to better spread the word about their areas of expertise,

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

Air Force selects 2017 triathlon team

The Air Force recently selected the 2017 Air Force Triathlon Team that will represent the service at the 2017 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship June 7-11 at Naval Base Ventura County, California.If nominated at the championship, members will advance to compete at the Conseil International du Sport

Maxwell Airmen earns first place in 2016 Defense Media Awards

Col. Eric Shafa, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, presents Staff Sgt. Robert Dantzler, 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs broadcast journalist, a commander’s coin, May 15, 2017, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Dantzler was awarded first place in the 2016 Defense Media Award’s Video Feature Story category

Local Maxwell patron contributes through murals

Mr. Ian Mangum, a reservation specialist at the Family Camp on Maxwell Air Force Base, has been painting murals in Maxwell’s Gunter Gym boxing room for the last two months.   When asked why he was willing to spend so much time painting the murals, Mangum said that the Air Force has been a part of

Maxwell kicks off Air Force Assistance Fund campaign

Maxwell air show draws record crowd

Tens of thousands of people from across the River Region and the country had their eyes to the skies at the Maxwell Open House and Air Show April 8-9, 2017.Base officials estimate the two-day crowd to have soared above the 135,000 mark, not surprising since the last air show held at the Montgomery

Tuskegee Airman shares legacy at base Air Show

Lt. Col. James H. Harvey, an original Tuskegee Airman, tells what it take to break barriers at the Maxwell air show, Saturday, April 8, 2017. Harvey was a World War II fighter pilot of the 332nd Fighter Group, the first all-African American squadron.

2016 Team Maxwell-Gunter Annual Award winners

2016 Team Maxwell-Gunter Annual Awards winners:Amn - Senior Airman Brittany Thompson, Air Force Life Cycle Management CenterNCO - Staff SSgt. Daniel Swenson, 26th Network Operations SquadronSNCO - Master Sgt. Scott Jacobson, 42d Air Base WingCGO - 1st Lt. Patrick Enslen, 42d Air Base WingFGO - Lt.

New crew lounge ready for Maxwell air show

A new crew lounge officially opened at base operations for Maxwell Air Force Base on Feb. 24, 2017.The new space is the largest known self-help project at Maxwell, completed by the 42nd Operations Support Squadron just in time for use during the two-day air show and open house, April 8-9, 2017.“The