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  • Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education

    Spaatz Center's Air War College graduates 237

    Students from Spaatz Center's Air War College graduated May 28 during a ceremony at the Squadron Officer College's Polifka Auditorium. The class of Academic Year 2009 consisted of 192 U.S. students, of which 113 were Air Force, seven Air Force Reserve, seven Air National Guard, 25 Army, 10 Marines, nine Navy and 21 civilians. Also graduating were
  • LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education

    Air Force officials publish new nuclear operations doctrine

    Air Force officials here published its newest version of Nuclear Operations doctrine June 1 to replace the 11-year old existing doctrine. One of the most significant updates to new Air Force Doctrine Document 2-12 is the change in the focus of nuclear operations from a Cold War stance to one more aligned with the current global environment. The
  • Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley greets Col. Sherry L. Stearns-Boles, spouse of SECAF Leadership Award winner Maj. Sean P. Boles, during a luncheon May 22 at Maxwell's Officers' Club where Secretary Donley presented the awards to graduates of the Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, Squadron Officer School and the Senior NCO Academy. Secretary Donley spent Friday morning speaking to a combined audience of students and leaders who were attending the AWC National Security Forum. Also pictured from left are leadership award recipients Major Boles from ACSC, and Mrs. and Col. Patrick J. Owens from AWC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Melanie Rodgers Cox)

    Secretary of the Air Force visits Maxwell

  • Capt. Derek Shehee, C-130 pilot with the 908th Airlift Wing, shows the flight controls to teachers from Maxwell Elementary School. The teachers took a tour of the base May 22 to become more familiar with the workplaces of many of the parents of their students. Teachers shown from left are Jo Roper, Assistant Principal Brian Perry, Diane Brewster and Becky Gorey. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

    Ready for take off!

  • Volleyball, a run and a balloon toss were some of the events that highlighted the 42nd Air Base Wing picnic and sports day May 15 at Hopper-Lodge. Following the opening remarks from Col. Kris Beasley, 42nd ABW commander, the day began with a 5K fitness run and moved on to a health information fair, sporting and children events. After lunch, wing chiefs and first sergeants took on the commanders in a volleyball match, and the day culminated in recognizing volunteers for the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

    Food, fun, fitness!

  • Air Force announces "101 Critical Days of Summer" campaign

    The Air Force annual "Critical Days of Summer" campaign began May 22 and ends Sept. `7. Traditionally, this is a period when mishap rates "soar," according to Roger Anderson, chief of Safety, 42nd Air Base wing safety office.He said activities such as boating, yard work, playing sports, riding motorcycles and bicycles, swimming and barbecuing

  • Academy of Military Science moving to Maxwell's OTS

    With the Academy of Military Science moving from Tennessee's McGhee Tyson National Guard Air Base to Maxwell's Officer Training School, all Air Force commissioning sources, except the Air Force Academy, will be under one roof, said the OTS commander."Starting this fiscal year, all officer trainees will go to OTS. This takes us back to the Chief of
  • Bo Kyung Lee plays an age-old Korean string instrument called a gayageum during the Asian-Pacific American Heritage month luncheon held Tuesday at the Maxwell Officers' Club here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bud Hancock)

    Maxwell holds Asian-Pacific American heritage luncheon

    The Officers' Club ballroom was filled on Tuesday with onlookers who commented that the colorfully-attired Chinese American dancer on stage portrayed the elegance and strength of a peacock so well that they were "swept up in the beauty and art of her traditional Asian dance."Springna Zhao performed at Maxwell-Gunter's Asian-Pacific American
  • Master Sgt. Michael Diaz displays the "Diamond" he earned after completing the Air Force First Sergeants Academy at Gunter. Sergeant Diaz now returns to the 147th Mission Support Group at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas where he will apply his new skills as the unit's "first shirt." (U.S. Air Force photo/Melissa Ojeda)

    Graduation day arrives for First Sergeants Academy student

    Editor's note: The following is the third of a four-part series highlighting the experiences of Master Sgt. Michael Diaz, a now graduate of the Air Force First Sergeants Academy. Sergeant Diaz, who hails from the 147th Mission Support Group located at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, serves with the Air National Guard and has
  • Taking first place at the Jim Thorpe Sports Days in tennis are (from left) Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hinrichs, Col. James "Keith" McKenzie, Lt. Col. Cedric "MC" Gaudilliere, Lt. Col. "Lalo" Ajuria-Benavides and Team Coach Dr. Gary Schaub. (Courtesy photo)

    Air War College places third in Jim Thorpe Sports Days

    Athletes at the Spaatz Center's Air War College competed successfully in tennis, racquetball and trap shooting events at the 2009 Jim Thorpe Sports Days on April 23-25, hosted by the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Penn.AWC Dean of Students Col. James E. Smith said the competition pitted students from the Air War College, Army War College,
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