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  • Additional Duty First Sergeant Seminar provides leadership tools

    During the Additional Duty First Sergeant Seminar last week, NCOs and senior NCOs learned that the role of a first sergeant is to serve as both a leader to enlisted Airmen and an advisor to his unit's commander.Held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy auditorium Feb. 8 -12, the event gave

  • Canadian delegation visits Barnes Center to further CMSAF EPME initiative

    A delegation from Canada visited the Thomas E. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education Jan. 26-29 to further an enlisted professional military education initiative between the U.S. Air Force and Canadian Defense Forces.The team, headed by Chief Petty Officer 1 Fred Singer, the non-commissioned member

  • CCAF, Air Force launch pad for astrophysicist's NASA career

    As a young teen gazing silently at the stars from a vantage point on Canada's Georgian Bay, 250 miles from his home in St. Clair, Mich., Richard Barry wondered a great deal about space and the possibilities of life on other planets. Having spent his formative years on a small farm, he never dreamed

  • 2010 AETC Symposium reaches new heights with record attendance

    More than 3,700 people attended the 2010 Air Education and Training Command Symposium held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio last week, the largest showing to date. The symposium featured nearly 100 academic seminars on a variety of Air Force topics, a technology

  • Maxwell-Gunter offices, members receive A1 awards

    Maxwell and Gunter were well represented in the Air Education and Training Command A1 awards for 2009. The awards were recently announced by AETC Vice Commander Maj. Gen. Anthony F. Przybyslawski. The 42nd Force Support Squadron received the Gerrit D. Foster Jr. Outstanding Military Personnel

  • Airey NCO Academy to receive Fairchild award

    The Paul W. Airey NCO Academy will receive the Gen. Muir S. Fairchild Award for educational achievement at Tyndall Air Force Base Wednesday. One of NCO academies under the auspices of the Thomas E. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, the Airey NCO Academy, is the first enlisted educational

  • Maxwell Airmen gear up for revised Physical Training standards

    With only 11 weeks to go until the revised version of the Air Force Physical Training test takes effect Jan. 1, 2010, Airmen on Maxwell and Gunter should expect to see increased emphasis on meeting and exceeding the new standards. The revisions are the result of an Air Force-wide audit of the

  • Top AF enlisted leader visits Maxwell-Gunter

    The 16th Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, James A. Roy, visited with chiefs, first sergeants, enlisted instructors and local Airmen at Maxwell Sept. 25 during his first visit as the top enlisted leader. Maxwell is home to the 42nd Air Base Wing and Air University, the center of Air Force

  • Base announces 2nd quarter award winners

    The Maxwell-Gunter Outstanding Airmen for the second quarter were recognized Aug. 21 at the Electronic Systems Group auditorium at Gunter. The Junior Enlisted Member was Airman 1st Class Feanja Smith of 42nd Air Base Wing. The Noncommissioned Officer was Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Mathe of the Spaatz