Aug. 15, 2024 Air Force ROTC Field Training Victory Cadets and staff from Air Force ROTC's Field Training-Victory share their experience and explain what future cadets can expect the training to be like at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Aug. 15, 2024.
July 9, 2024 “Mission over function” – Developing combat-effective Airmen for Great Power Competition Air Education and Training Command is designing education and training for the future force with a “mission over function” mindset, where the primary focus is on developing Airmen to emphasize their shared military purpose and mission objectives over individual functional roles.
April 25, 2024 Air Force to begin accepting warrant officer applications The Air Force is now accepting applications for Airmen aspiring to become the inaugural cohort of warrant officers in the information technology and cyber career fields.
Oct. 17, 2023 42nd Mission Support Group tests Airmen during readiness exercise The 42nd Mission Support Group held its third iteration of the Readiness Reset Exercise to introduce an additional 16 Airmen to agile combat employment and multi-capable Airman concepts, Sept. 18-22, 2023.
Feb. 10, 2023 Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities
March 21, 2022 Isochronal Inspections bring Maintainers Together With a wingspan of about 132 feet, it requires a team effort to keep the 908th Airlift Wing’s fleet of C-130H Hercules in excellent working condition. The 908th AW’s commitment to staying mission ready requires that the 908th Maintenance Squadron have around 22 full-time maintainers and 126
May 4, 2021 Historic Air Force First Sergeant Academy Graduation The Air Force’s First Sergeant Academy graduated its largest class to date on April 30, 2021, on Maxwell Air Force Base’s Gunter Annex.
April 22, 2021 Air Force rewrites basic doctrine, focuses on mission command, airpower evolution Core themes to the revised Air Force Doctrine Publication-1: The Air Force are the foundation and evolution of airpower and the concept of mission command.
April 6, 2021 Air University students experience virtual reality regional study trips Since its opening in 1946, Air University’s Air War College has seen endless cycles of challenges and changes. The latest of which is finding ways to provide the same level of educational experiences for students as before the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 31, 2021 Just Do Right — How a Maxwell Air Force Base Lieutenant and future Supreme Court Justice equalized pay for the Armed Forces. Just Do Right. That is exactly what Lieutenant Sharron Frontiero, now Sharron Cohen, did in 1970. As a physical therapist assigned to Maxwell Air Force Base, she refused to accept that the United States Air Force would not extend married female Airmen the same spousal benefits as married male