Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex Resume Normal Operations

Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex have lifted the "Key and Essential Personnel Only" reporting status, effective January 23, 2025. All base personnel are expected to report at their normal duty time. Members are encouraged to contact their supervisor or chain of command for individual

Air Force doctrine realigns to create a more lethal, resilient force

The U.S. Air Force has released three doctrine publications to emphasize reoptimizing for Great Power Competition efforts: Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-0, Operations; AFDP 3-0.1, Command and Control; and AFDP 5-0, Planning.  

The 42nd and 908th SFS are deployment ready

Mastering Leadership: Getting ready for SNCO success

As one of the initial lead cadres of the Junior Enlisted Foundations course 300, NCO Foundations course 500 and the SNCO Foundations course 700 here, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Fogleman, 8th Battalion and Montgomery Military Entrance Processing Station senior enlisted advisor, and

Air Force Wargaming Institute hosts tabletop exercise for the Department Level Exercise series 2025

Experts converged at the Air Force Wargaming Institute at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Jan. 14-17, 2025, to solidify planning elements critical for a series of successful Pacific theater exercises scheduled for the 2025 summer.

"Hands go, hands come”: An Airman’s journey from Ghana to graduation

“There were bushfires and famine; people were dying of hunger—it was horrible.”Growing up in Ghana, Staff Sgt. Isaac Barfi’s younger years were marked by conflict and adversity, but it was not the challenges that defined him rather, it was the kindness of strangers that shaped the course of his

Strengthening the spirit for global readiness

The Basic Chaplain Course, a month-long training program at the Air Force Chaplain Corps College here, is now placing a greater emphasis on global readiness. This updated training is led by U.S. Air Force Maj. Thomas West, Air Force Chaplain Corps College staff chaplain, the course is from January

Doctrine Paragon: Planning

This month, the LeMay Center highlights the 86th Airlift Wing’s (AW’s) planning for Operation ALLIES REFUGE at Ramstein Airbase (AB), Germany.

Excellence in action: SrA Rodriguez honored by Maxwell-Gunter's Top 3

Senior Airman Jeffrey Rodriguez, 42nd Operation Support Squadron, Radar, Airfield and Weather Systems technician was selected as a Maxwell-Gunter Top 3 Outstanding Performer of the month.   “I am truly impressed by SrA Rodriguez’s performance,” said Staff Sgt. Angel Ramirez, 42nd RAWS technician.

Maxwell’s Jerome Jackson earns 2024 Outstanding Contract Data Specialist Award for Air Education and Training Command

Jerome Jackson, 42nd Contracting Squadron procurement technician, earned the 2024 Outstanding Data Specialist Award for Air Education and Training Command. With over 37 years of service, Jackson’s work has a significant impact on operations worth millions of dollars.