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  • Maxwell Fire Department receives facelift

    Tuesday, members of the Maxwell Fire Department began moving back into their newly renovated fire station after almost five months of living and working out of temporary trailers and a hangar next to Maxwell Base Operations.The fire station was opened in 1990, and except for self-help work done by

  • Academic integrity key to learning

    The exponentially expanding Internet is one of the most powerful tools in educational delivery, yet the integral learning process can be sabotaged when students fail to exercise academic integrity.Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, recently noted that advances in technology and increased

  • AFITC demonstrates, enhances military capabilities

    The Air Force Information Technology Conference 2010 in downtown Montgomery this week showed thousands of attendees how new technologies are changing the Air Force.The event, themed "Dominance at the Speed of Need," ran Monday through Thursday and was organized by the Air Force Program Executive

  • New liaison officer bridges Air Force families, schools

    Randy Stokes, Maxwell's new school liaison officer, is eager to make a difference to military families of school-aged children. His job is to help those unfamiliar with the local school systems mesh their educational desires with the resources at hand. Having himself been a military parent, he knows

  • Club allows members to keep horses on base

    On a recent late Friday afternoon at Maxwell Air Force Base, while many base members were leaving for the weekend, a few were gathering at the River Road Riding Club for their evening chores.There were horses to be exercised and groomed, stalls to be cleaned and apple-flavored treats to be handed

  • Air Force officials release lieutenant colonel promotion list

    The following are Maxwell Air Force Base - Gunter Annex lieutenant colonel selectees.Air Command and Staff CollegeScott W. Anderson Joel R. Bius Craig A. Marion Gonzalo Reyna Keith M. Spudic Kelly L. Varitz Helen H. Yu Steven G. Behmer Travis J. Clovis Jeffrey M. CunninghamTravis L. EdwardsZachary

  • Food court to close Sept. 3 for renovations

    The food court -- consisting of fast-food restaurants Charley's Steakery, Robin Hood and Anthony's Pizza -- will close Sept. 3 for about three months to accommodate renovations, said Patricia Austin, general manager of Maxwell AFB/Ft. Rucker Consolidated Exchange. While the food court is closed,

  • Maxwell aircrew brings relief to flood-torn Pakistan

    As Air Force operations in support of flood relief operations in Pakistan resumed, aircrew and support personnel from the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia prepared to forward deploy to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to ease the workload of the local