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  • RED HORSE team modernizes Maxwell’s training sites

    Members of the 823rd RED HORSE Squadron have spent the past two weeks renovating field training sites for Maxwell AFB. The 17-Airman crew demolished tents, set up the Alaska Small Shelter Systems and installed electricity and heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Lt. Col. John Blackwell,

  • Maxwell officer builds historical database

    What started as a solution to an information collection problem six years ago, has grown into a substantial database that documents air power through almost 100 years of conflicts. The database, known as THOR - Theater History of Operations Reports - is the brainchild of Lt. Col. Jenns Robertson,

  • Telephone operator support ends August 31

    Telephone operator support for Air Education and Training Command will end at noon Aug. 31, ending an era for AETC bases. "Rest assured, service to our customers is still a priority for AETC," said Rebecca Meares-Jones, chief of AETC's Command Services Flight.Customers at AETC bases will be served

  • Base hosts volunteer recognition lunch

    The 42nd Force Support Squadron held a Volunteer Excellence Award recognition luncheon at the Maxwell Event Center July 31 in honor of the base's long-term volunteers.Christine Bushby, a Maxwell volunteer with the base chapel and Boy Scouts for the past eight years won the volunteer excellence award

  • SOS Class, Habitat for Humanity team up to rebuild local home

    Saturday, July 14, marked the last time students from Squadron Officer School class 12D volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity New Hope Village in Montgomery, Ala. For the last month, more than 190 students from the class have lifted sheets of plywood, swung hammers and roasted in the hot Alabama

  • Healthy mind, healthy body

    As the nation and military forge ahead with a strong emphasis on preventing diseases before they become a costly medical condition, the Maxwell Health and Wellness Center offers programs, classes and instruction in preventive health. "The HAWC serves as an excellent resource for fitness/performance

  • Intramural basketball to begin at Maxwell

    Defending champion, Air Force Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, hopes to repeat its victory the Maxwell three -on - three intramural basketball tournament Aug. 20.Maxwell traditionally has 10 teams play in the tournament, said David Gates, sports program director for

  • Maxwell medics return from Peru

    Nine members of the 42nd Medical Group recently returned from New Horizons, an ongoing joint humanitarian training exercise in Peru. An annual series of free medical clinics and infrastructure development projects, New Horizons is a U.S. Southern Command-led exercise conducted with Latin American