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  • AU hosts long-duration wargame

    The wargaming directorate at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education hosted Air Force Materiel Command for a weeklong wargame at Air University, ensuring the readiness for a long-duration logistics wargame, or LDLW, Nov. 2-9. This first-ever long-duration simulation was

  • Maxwell hosts Retiree Appreciation Day

    Maxwell hosted a Military Retiree Appreciation Day on base, Nov. 18, 2016. The annual and highly anticipated Military Retiree Appreciation Day brings nearly 1,000 veterans from around the state and the Southeast each year. Over 50 vendors and multiple healthcare providers created a one stop shop for

  • Allied airmen remember their fallen comrades

    Personnel from Maxwell Air Force Base gathered together with British and French airmen and local community members in a Service of Remembrance, Sunday, in Montgomery’s Oakwood Cemetery Annex.The cemetery holds the largest Commonwealth War Grave in the United States, and is home to the graves of 78

  • Federal Bureau of Prisons visits Maxwell

    Col. Eric Shafa, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, gathers with the Federal Bureau of Prisons executive staff at Maxwell Air Force Base, Nov. 16, 2016. The prison group is on a regional tour, conducting site visits on prisons within the region. During their stay, they meet with the warden and staff to

  • Maxwell hosts annual Retiree Appreciation Day

    Personnel from the 42nd Air Base Wing and the Retiree Activities Office are hosting the annual Retiree Appreciation Day event held at the base honor guard hangar, building 842, Nov. 18, 2016, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Approximately 600 to 1,000 veterans and retirees are expected to attend. During the event,

  • Air Force Honor Guard trains base honor guard.

    Air Force honor guard personnel traveled to Maxwell to train and educate the base honor guard here, Nov. 7 – 16, 2016.Members of the Air Force’s top honor guard are here this week to help keep Maxwell honor guard on top of their game. Three Air Force honor guard members are training 12 Airmen from

  • Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast presents Commander's Public Service Award

    Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, Air University commander and president, presented the Commander’s Public Service Award to retired Maj. Gen. Ronald M. Sega during an Air University Board of Visitors meeting, Nov. 14, 2016, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.  Sega served in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of