International spouses harvest hands-on agricultural experience

Laughter is not a sound typically heard in a cotton field, nor is it common for people to cheer upon seeing one. Thirty spouses from all over the world, however, found a visit to a cotton field outside of Deatsville to be an occasion for cheers, photographs, laughter and learning on a very warm

Wingman Safety Day

908th Airlift Wing returns

Approximately 150 members of the 908th Airlift Wing returned to Maxwell Air Force Base this past weekend after a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia. The main body arrived via a commercial airliner late Friday evening, while the unit's C-130 Hercules transports and aircrews arrived on Saturday

WWII bomber group presents documents

Members of World War II's 504th Bomber Group visited Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex during their annual reunion tour last week. On their agenda was donating documents about the group's accomplishments during the war to the Air Force Historical Research Agency.The group, consisting of B-29

POW/MIA luncheon, wreath laying commemorates sacrifices of American servicemembers

Retired Master Sgt. Roy McGinnis, a B-17 gunner in World War II, was captured by the Germans on Oct. 14, 1943, and spent the next 19 months as a prisoner of war. Now 87, he spent part of his wedding anniversary helping to place a wreath at the POW/MIA monument in Air Park, in this way saluting his

Outreach events provide ounce of cure for family issues

Many outreach services exist to raise education and awareness about family issues in both the general population and among people at risk for domestic violence. These courses deal with potential issues in relationship and family life to make life easier and stem the tide of potential

MiG-17 spends 5 months at Maxwell after pilot falls ill

If you were wondering why a Russian MiG-17F was sitting outside a Maxwell hangar last month, you probably weren't alone. In March, pilot Randy Ball was flying the MiG from Mississippi to Maxwell for the Thunder Over Alabama Air Show and Open House when he suddenly experienced a severe cardiac event.

Resources available to help smokers quit

Mike Miller has been an ex since 7:38 p.m. May 1 -- the time of his last cigarette. The retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and Vietnam veteran started smoking as a junior in college in 1969. He smoked three packs a day, four in Vietnam.When it comes to quitting the habit, Mr. Miller thinks the