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  • Wreath-laying ceremony marks missing warriors' remembrance

    "We will never forget" is the phrase displayed on the wreath laid on the Prisoners of War Missing in Action monument Monday morning at Maxwell's Air Park. The wreath-laying ceremony was part of National Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day Sept. 16.According to the Defense Prisoner

  • CI ratings: AU 'excellent,' wing 'sat'

    After months of hard work, Maxwell celebrated the end of the Air Education and Training Command compliance inspection with noisemakers, horns and hamburgers on Monday.Cowbells, whistles and sirens filled Polifka Auditorium when the Air University learned it had earned an "excellent" rating."This is

  • Base, city pitch in to clean up ditch

    Maxwell's base environmental division partnered with the city of Montgomery and Loveless Academic Magnet Program to clean up the drainage ditch that runs along the side of the base near the Kelly Street gate. The initiative is a part of the storm water management program at Maxwell and the

  • Lake Martin recreation area reopens

    The Air Force recreational facility at Lake Martin is now open for boating, camping, fishing and hiking. After receiving significant damage from an EF-4 tornado April 27. Military members and their families can rent pontoon boats, john boats, paddle boats, kayaks and canoes from the facility to

  • A blooming minute

    Take advantage of climate, base resources when gardeningWith Alabama's mild climate, autumn is an ideal time to watch your garden grow."You can grow things 11 months of the year," said Jane McCarthy, base horticulturalist. The toughest month in Alabama is August, due to high temps and

  • Donation to museum helps bring noteworthy rescue mission to life

    Relics from a famous rescue mission in 1968 have found their place in a display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and retired Col. Joseph Panza, Air University Foundation executive director, contributed a piece of his past to it.Panza donated the

  • Air Force - you come a long way!

    Today's Air Force began with the ingenuity of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, on Dec. 17, 1903, and nurtured in the hearts and minds of aviators like Glenn Curtiss, Eddie Rickenbacker and Billy Mitchell during World War I and the 1920s, as well as Claire Lee