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  • Take action to make a smooth transition with TRICARE in 2018

    You may be wondering what action you need to take, if any, to ensure you continue TRICARE coverage in 2018. Some beneficiaries will need to take action, but most will not. If you’re currently enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE coverage on Dec. 31, 2017, you’ll transition to your respective TRICARE

  • AETC Airmen honored at AFA

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Five Air Education and Training Command Airmen and one AETC unit were honored for their outstanding achievement at the opening ceremonies of the 2017 Air Force Association Air Space and Cyber Conference Monday. Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, Maj. Matthew Brock, 1st Lt. Owen Caron,

  • AETC Airmen honored at AFA

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Five Air Education and Training Command Airmen and one AETC unit were honored for their outstanding achievement at the opening ceremonies of the 2017 Air Force Association Air Space and Cyber Conference Monday. Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, Maj. Matthew Brock, 1st Lt. Owen Caron,

  • DLA director thanks employees for their hard work during relief efforts

    Almost a week after Hurricane Irma hit the Florida coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and Maxwell personnel are continuing to distribute relief supplies to those affected by the storm.Yesterday, DLA Director U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams traveled from

  • Relief supplies leave Maxwell for Sunshine State

    Out with the storm, in with the hope. Now that Hurricane Irma has moved out of the Sunshine State and the southeast, members of the Defense Logistics Agency are preparing to send much-needed relief supplies to Florida’s citizens. Starting Tuesday, more than 160 tractor trailers filled with food,

  • 908th Bids Farewell to last ’85 Model in Fleet

    The last of the 908th Airlift Wing’s 1985 vintage C-130s, tail number 0035, known as the “City of Montgomery” departed Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., September 10, after 31 years of service with the unit.

  • New LeMay commander challenges the center to stay out in front

    Amid the roar of helicopters avoiding Hurricane Irma and landing on the flight line only a few hundred yards away, the Airmen of the LeMay Center welcomed a new commander Friday. Maj. Gen. Michael D. Rothstein assumed command of the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education

  • Maxwell, federal agencies prepare for Hurricane Irma

    As Hurricane Irma races across the ocean, hundreds of tractor trailers carrying relief supplies are racing to Maxwell to preposition for further disbursement. Starting today, Maxwell, is an Incident Staging Base for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be receiving approximately 800