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  • Airman’s Attic needs volunteers

    The Maxwell-Gunter Airman's Attic, which provides clothing and household items to enlisted Airmen E-6 and below, needs volunteers.Airman's Attic assists about 250 families a month. Besides the satisfaction of helping fellow Airmen, there are many benefits to volunteering at the Airman's Attic. "The

  • Leadership Development Program available soon to CGOs

    Four graduate-level, distance learning courses originally offered to a small group of active-duty Air Force captains will be available to all active-duty Air Force company grade officers May 3."The Leadership Development Program provides unique developmental opportunities for officers to pursue

  • Base members receive deployment briefing

    A "Why me?" deployment briefing was held by the 42nd Logistics Readiness Flight at the base theater to field questions and respond to concerns about the deployment selection process.The selection process is the No. 1 complaint the 42nd LRF receives.The 42nd LRF usually hosts installation deployment

  • 120,000 attend 2010 Thunder Over Alabama air show

    Approximately 120,000 people attended the Thunder Over Alabama air show here March 27 and 28 according to base officials.More than 84,000 people attended the Maxwell air show March 27, and 36,000 attended the following day.The Thunder Over Alabama air show featured the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds

  • Maxwell Airman comes to aid of heart attack victim

    Tech. Sgt. James Harrell Jr. was on his way home from here after a shift with the 81st Security Forces Squadron about 5:15 a.m. March 26. As he traveled west on Pass Road, he turned south onto Rodenberg Avenue -- not his normal route home to Gulfport, Miss."I can't explain it ... I just decided to

  • Golden Knights recognize local heroes

    Like so many lemmings, one skydiver after another leapt out the door of an airplane March 26 over Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.Rather than a haphazard attempt at follow-the-leader, these highly trained Army personnel are the Golden Knights, renowned for their ability to fall with precision at 120

  • Firefighters stand by for air show action

    Maxwell Air Force Base firefighters stood ready to answer and respond to any incident during the "Thunder Over Alabama" air show March 27 and 28.Fire Chief Lee E. Anderson, who is charge of readiness for the base's fire department, spent months preparing his team with a series of base exercises. The

  • Thunder Over Alabama photo gallery online now

    An air show photo gallery is now available for users of the Maxwell Air Force Base Web site.Visitors interested in high-resolution photos can visit http://www.maxwell.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=6198 to view and download images taken during the two-day Thunder Over Alabama air show