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  • Online tool tracks Airman deployment readiness

    An online tool available to Airmen aims to reduce the workload of tracking appointments and training in preparation for a deployment.Found on the Air and Space Expeditionary Force Online website, the Personal Deployment Processing Tool allows Airmen to review and track their readiness status for

  • Demolition of Maxwell row housing on schedule

    Maxwell's row house demolition is on schedule to have the area back to grass by the first of 2011, the Hunt Building Company project manager said.Tim Bass said the project had to be delayed slightly until Air University students graduated and vacated the housing, but the last of the buildings would

  • Former Afghan ambassador speaks to Air War College

    At Maxwell Air Force Base Tuesday, the former U.S. ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan spoke to Air War College students and answered questions about his 37 years at the Department of State. Ronald E. Neumann was the keynote speaker at the AWC State Department Week.Mr. Neumann, who is

  • CCAF represented at White House community colleges summit

    Lt. Col. Tim Albrecht, commandant of the Community College of the Air Force, served as the Department of Defense representative at a White House community college summit recently.A broad spectrum of people attended the summit, including administrators, educators, philanthropists and representatives

  • Former Airmen provide behind-the-scenes look at domestic violence

    Anita Washington, a retired master sergeant and retired civilian employee, and Matthew Correia, a former security forces member, discussed aspects of domestic violence from the perspective of victims and security forces personnel during the 42nd Medical Group's annual Family Advocacy Program

  • 42nd ABW to celebrate 70th anniversary

    A two-day celebration of the 42nd Air Base Wing's 70th anniversary will kick off Nov. 5 with several events to mark the wing's years of service. The 42nd ABW commander said the 42nd has a deep heritage, first as an Army bomb group during World War II, then as an Air Force wing.Col. Brian Killough

  • Haunted Maxwell? Base's spooky reputation debatable

    Do things go bump in the night, or even in the day, at Maxwell Air Force Base? According to some accounts, they do. Strange occurrences at certain Maxwell sites have been chronicled online. The Ghosts of America website describes the haunting of the Academic Circle: "Some of the sightings have been

  • Airmen embracing fitness culture

    "Readiness," said the chief master sergeant of the Air Force, "is the primary purpose of developing the new fitness standard, and so far Airmen are stepping up to the challenge as the program normalizes." The new physical training standard is a way to ensure Airmen are prepared to do the nation's