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  • New cultural distance learning courses boost Airmen's readiness

    Three new distance learning courses designed by the Air Force Culture and Language Center - one Culture-General course and two Culture-Specific courses - are available to increase Airmen's cross cultural competence. Through the course instruction, large numbers of Airmen are increasing their ability

  • Base members must register privately-owned firearms

    Registering a firearm with the appropriate authorities on Maxwell-Gunter is required in order to bring a firearm on base.Master Sgt. James Kanz, NCO in charge of the 42nd Security Forces Squadron Armory, wants to remind all Maxwell-Gunter members and residents that firearm registration is mandatory

  • Top spouse shares lessons learned

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and his wife Suzie helped inaugurate the first Wing Commander Spouses' Seminar by addressing spouses of newly appointed wing and vice wing commanders on March 2.The purpose of the new course at the Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development at

  • Media registration open for Maxwell Air Show

    Media registration is now online for the Maxwell Open House and Air Show here March 27-28.Credentialed media interested in covering the "Thunder Over Alabama" air show event at Maxwell Air Force Base should register on the air show Web site at http://airshow.maxwell.af.mil/media.asp.For

  • P-40E, 'supercar' feature statics at open house

    The P-40, developed from the P-36, was America's foremost fighter in service when World War II began.P-40s engaged Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941. They also were flown in China early in 1942 by the famed Flying Tigers and in

  • Youngsters, parents find fun at play group

    "Look at you, gold-medal winner on top of the podium!" one proud parent exclaimed as one of her infant's new little friends climbed to the top of a foam obstacle. An assortment of colorful toys assembled on a safety mat provided a variety of entertainment possibilities for little ones in diverse of

  • Air Force FSA curriculum, organization mirrors Total Force

    The life of an Air Force first sergeant is truly a tale of two experiences. There exists the joy of watching Airmen receive well-deserved promotions and recognition, and there is the disappointment and sadness at receiving a 3 a.m. phone call from a law enforcement desk or casualty affairs. These

  • ISR Agency chief inducted to EHH Wall of Achievers

    Surprise was the order of the day when Maj. Gen. Bradley Heithold was inducted to the Enlisted Heritage Hall museum's Wall of Achievers Friday.General Heithold, who enlisted in the Air Force in 1974 and spent three years at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., as an F-4D avionics technician, is currently