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  • LeMay Center hosts first cyberspace ops executive course

    In the last six months, the DoD spent more than $100 million on manpower, time, contractors, technology and procedures reacting to cyber-security problems. To better understand the cyberspace domain and how to fly, fight and win in it, the Air Force chief of staff approved the Cyberspace Operations

  • Base horticulturist finds it 'easy to be green'

    Jane McCarthy knows plants. She will tell you she has a "green disease," and that if she gives it to you, it's a good thing. As Maxwell's horticulturist and base greenhouse director, she has a degree in Landscape Design from Auburn University, pruning sheers on her belt and is often referred to by

  • Reserve Wing prepares for December ORI

    About 400 members of the 908th Airlift Wing gathered at Maxwell's Blue Thunder training facility this week to participate in "Patriot Thunder." The wing has an Operational Readiness Inspection scheduled for December, and the Patriot Thunder exercise was part of an Operational Readiness Training

  • Son visits site of British World War II pilot training

    Maxwell's International Officer's School hosted Michael Thorpe and his wife Carole of Royston, England, as they toured the base April 23 in honor of Mr. Thorpe's late father, Henry W. "Harry" Thorpe, who was one of over 4,000 British pilots that qualified for combat duty in the Royal Air Force

  • Dominican Republic medical exercise cut short by protests

    A Medical Readiness Training Exercise here was called off today after completing eight of the scheduled 10 treatment days due to quality-of-life protests, unrelated to the MEDRETE, in towns along the travel route to the final clinic site in Arenoso. Mission personnel were airlifted from the city of

  • Squadron Officer College opens new training facility

    Squadron Officer College's Air and Space Basic Course will begin teaching combat skills here, to more than 3,600 new officers annually. The school is scheduled to open a new training facility on base May 1 at 9 a.m. with a combative skills demonstration to follow.Media interested in covering the

  • Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall inherits historic ring

    The Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall inherited a piece of enlisted history with the passing of the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. The late Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Paul W. Airey willed his Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force ring to the hall. The ring, presented by his

  • Air Force Senior Enlisted Summit to convene

    The Air Force's top enlisted leader convenes the 2009 Senior Enlisted Summit at Gunter Annex, Ala. May 2-9. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley is gathering more than 350 Air Force senior enlisted leaders to focus on current force issues and receive updates on topics critical to