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  • Salute to the Troops concert brings jazz to Maxwell

    A free Salute to the Troops Concert is scheduled for 7 p.m., Aug. 14 in Maxwell's Air Park. Bring a picnic dinner, blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy a relaxing evening of jazz and Rhythm and Blues music performed by Tracy Hamlin. Ms. Hamlin, a popular artist from the Atlanta area, was the previous

  • Fall food festivals bring flavor, fun to Alabama

    This fall season brings flavor and fun together with a variety of fall food festivals across Alabama. From fruit to fresh seafood and international cuisine, there is a festival for all tastes to enjoy. Information, Tickets and Travel, or ITT, offers bus trips to three different festivals this

  • 13th annual USAF Marathon takes place in September

    The thirteenth annual United States Air Force Marathon is less than two months away, taking place on Sept. 19, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Events include the full marathon, half-marathon, individual 10K, 5K, and a wheelchair race. The event is open to the public, with

  • JROTC instructor named La. high school teacher of year

    A Louisiana Air Force JROTC Senior Aerospace Science Instructor (SASI) was recognized July 17 as the 2010 Louisiana High School Teacher of the Year by the Louisiana Department of Education at the Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Symposium in Baton Rouge, La., for his integral contributions to the

  • LeMay Center holds first Service Core Function Symposium

    As Airmen continue to fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, they work side-by-side with warfighters from the Army, Navy and Marines as well as coalition partners from around the globe. The doctrinaires at the LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education concluded a symposium Tuesday that helped

  • 42nd Medical Group squadrons change leadership

    Two thirds of the 42nd Medical Group changed leadership recently as group commander Col. Diana Atwell passed squadron guidons to Lt. Col. (Dr.) Lynda K. Vu and Lt. Col. James W. Barber. Colonel Vu became commander of the 42nd Medical Operations Squadron and Colonel Barber assumed command of the 42nd

  • AFRI holds symposium to define future operators

    "Effects on the battlefield define a future Air Force operator" became a common theme in summation briefings July 23 at the Future Operators Symposium sponsored by the Air Force Research Institute, or AFRI, July 21-23 at Maxwell. Symposium Director retired Col. Scott Johnson said more than 300