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  • Snow covers a sign at Maxwell Air Force Base's Gunter Annex on Sunday. The snowfall accumulated nearly an inch on base as the storm moved through the Montgomery area. (Air Force photo by Donna Burnett)

    Snow hits Maxwell, Montgomery communities

    On Sunday, for the first time in 16 years, Maxwell-Gunter received significant snow cover in the month of March. The last time this happened was March 13, 1993, and that event was dubbed by state residents and officials as the "Storm of the Century." David Scott, Maxwell Weather Station manager, said the snowfall was the result of a "deep low," and
  • Stepping off a C-130 at Maxwell Feb. 21,Tech. Sgt. Jeff Harris receives an enthusiastic welcome from his daughters, Amanda and Brittnie. Sergeant Harris was one of 60 aircrew and maintenance members of Maxwell’s 908th Airlift Wing that deployed for three weeks to Europe, flying missions out of Ramstein, Germany. An Air Force Reserve wing, the 908th flies and maintains eight C-130H aircraft. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Moorman)

    Welcome home!

  • Capt. Andrew Spady (left), an Officer Training School flight commander, and Capt. Eric Tatum, an Air University Plans and Programs officer, spend their Monday removing a barrier from the two-story home built for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television series. More than 80 volunteers from Maxwell spent many hours off-duty in support of the construction of a home for a needy Montgomery family. According to Maj. Freddie Goldwire, 42nd Air Base Wing coordinator for the support, Maxwell volunteers were involved in all phases of the construction and clean-up. (Air Force photo by Donna Burnett)

    This New House

  • AFHRA unveils online history submission process

    The Air Force Historical Research Agency recently unveiled its first ever online submission process for Airmen to give their eyewitness accounts of Air Force history. AFHRA has established an online program called the Airmen's History Project where current and former Airmen can submit manuscripts or vignettes about their Air Force experiences. The
  • Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley prepares to make a shot during a basketball game at Maxwell Air Force Base's Gunter Annex on Wednesday. Chief McKinley and other chief master sergeants played against instructors at the Senior NCO Academy in the early-morning game. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Moorman)

    Chief McKinley 'schools' Senior NCO Academy instructors

    An early morning pick-up game of basketball with the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force has become a tradition for instructors at the Senior NCO Academy here. Wednesday's game was no different.The morning after each one of the school's graduations -- five times every year -- Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley and other

  • AU Balanced Scorecard sets goals, measures success

    Air Force metrics tend to be predominantly financial or production based, which drives priorities and practices not normally focused on warfighter capabilities, according to Patricia Roberson, Balanced Scorecard Program manager for Air University. As a remedy to this imbalance of metrics and measurements, the Department of Defense has developed a
  • Master Sgt. Jeff Kunkle, the artist who painted the sepia-tone portraits included in the display, stands in front of the Wall of Honor, which was dedicated in a ceremony at Gunter Annex's Senior NCO Academy on Tuesday. The display honors the six enlisted Airmen who received the Medal of Honor for their actions. (Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)

    Senior NCO Academy dedicates Medal of Honor display

    In dedicating the Wall of Honor on Tuesday at the Air Force Senior NCO Academy, Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Norman, SNCOA commandant, said everything in the academy needs to have a purpose. The purpose of the wall is to pay tribute to the six Air Force enlisted members who have received the Medal of Honor. "To that end, we looked at the Wall of Honor,
  • Col. Kris Beasley, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, and Brian Perry, Maxwell Elementary School assistant principal, plant a tree commemorating Arbor Day at the school Feb. 19. (Air Force photo by Jamie Pitcher)

    Maxwell celebrates Arbor Day, earns 16th-straight Tree City USA

    Base leaders, tree-planting volunteers, children from Maxwell Elementary School, and even Woodsy the Owl got down and dirty in honor of Arbor Day on Feb. 19. Recognition of the day was in the form of a ceremonial tree planting and program at the school, and two days later, 100 base volunteers helped to restore Prattville's trees hit hard by a
  • Lt. Col. Ed Vaughan (center) is inducted into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame in a ceremony Feb. 6. With him are (left) Maj. Gen. Maury Forsyth, commander of the Spaatz Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and Col. Marcus Quint, chief of the Air National Guard Safety Directorate. (Air Force photo by Jamie Pitcher)

    Guardsman inducted into AF Safety Hall of Fame

    A revolutionary, entrepreneurial approach to safety program management has earned induction into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame for an Air National Guard officer here. Lt. Col. Edward Vaughan, former deputy director of safety for the Air National Guard, was recognized at a ceremony here Feb. 6 for his "unique contribution to safety and the U.S.

  • Former ACSC commandant tells story of new Afghan air force

    In August 2007, the commandant of Air Command and Staff College was told to leave the school at Maxwell and "go build the Afghan air force." Maj. Gen. Jay Lindell, now the director of Global Power Programs for the Secretary of the Air Force, was at Maxwell-Gunter on Feb. 20 to address ACSC students on his role in the development of air power in
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