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  • Airmen recognize cultures, differences

    Music, singing, dancing and the smell of food filled the honor guard hangar as Airmen celebrated one another's cultures at Maxwell-Gunter's first Cultural Awareness Day June 20.The day kicked-off with a 5K run, where participants were encouraged to wear various colored shirts to show support for one

  • CCAF graduates 350,000th student

    Base leaders, families and service members gathered here June 13 to welcome the spring 2014 graduates of the Community College of the Air Force.Officials awarded selected students with the Pitsenbarger Award Scholarship, the John and Kathy Hood Military Scholarship and made a special presentation to

  • SAPR down-day focuses on perpetrator ID, helping victims

    The 42nd Air Base Wing held a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response down-day June 11. "We've got a problem: sexual assault. We all know it, we're all talking about it, we're concerned and our leaders are concerned," said Col. Mark Ramsey, 42nd ABW vice commander, at the start of the SAPR briefing

  • 2014 Eagle recalls D-Day, reflects on lost comrades

    With more than 7,500 flight hours logged in more than 130 types of aircraft, retired Air Force Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson, a 2014 Eagle who visited Maxwell for the Gathering of Eagles June 2-6, has cemented his position as a pioneer in American military during times of war.During World War II,

  • Special agent earns Bronze Star

    A student at Squadron Officer School was awarded the Bronze Star Monday in front of more than 700 of his peers.Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Adam Kurzen received the medal for meritorious achievements while assigned to AFOSI Expeditionary Detachment 2405 in

  • CCAF: A lighthouse for the enlisted

    The Community College of the Air Force serves as a lighthouse for enlisted Airmen searching for a path to receive college credits for their military service on the road to getting their associate degrees.Established April 1, 1972, the CCAF is the world's only degree granting institution for enlisted

  • New CC's focus: team play

    As the new 42nd Air Base Wing commander, Col. Andrea Tullos is responsible for providing all base operational support, infrastructure and services for 42,000 Airmen and their families, students, contractors and retirees in direct support of Air University and the more than 40 other mission partners

  • Enlisted pilots honored during ceremony

    The military's sergeant pilots, enlisted aviators who served from 1912-1957, were honored during a monument unveiling and dedication at Maxwell-Gunter's Enlisted Heritage Hall June 9.Nearly 14 years in the making, the monument depicts Corporal Vernon L. Burge, the Army Signal Corps' first enlisted