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

Exercise, Exercise

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

ACSC ceremony marks 9/11 anniversary

Ten years later, Air Command and Staff College leaders and students remember where they were Sept. 11, 2001. They shared their stories during a remembrance ceremony Sept. 9 at 7:46 a.m., marking the time Flight 11 hit the north tower of the World Trade Center.For many, the first reaction to the