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  • Hayes earns AF award second time

    For the second year in a row, Staff Sgt. Terel Hayes, team chief at the Application Software Assurance Center of Excellence, or ASACoE, was selected as the 2011 Air Force General John P. Jumper and Information Dominance-Computer Systems Programming Outstanding NCO.The annual award is given to the

  • Tuesday base exercise may affect traffic, access

    Visitors to Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex should expect delays at the gates Tuesday during the bases' "active shooter" exercise.Military bases conduct active shooter exercises to monitor base personnel and emergency response teams' ability to react to reports of a gunman on the

  • Restructuring affects 908th AW

    According to a plan announced Feb. 3 by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force, the service will retire older aircraft as part of an effort to reduce the size of the Department of Defense's budget by $487 billion over the next decade. The 908th Airlift Wing's seven C-130 Hercules

  • AWC lecture series serves as outreach

    The Air University and the Air War College are currently presenting the Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold Lecture Series to universities across the country. The series, which offers three distinct perspectives on national strategy, was presented at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., and Rutgers

  • Healthy relationship examples crucial for youth, experts say

    In the race to stop domestic violence, educating children before they date can provide the awareness for healthy relationships when they become adults.In the crucial years before youth start dating, parents and peers impact children's perceptions of appropriate dating behavior. "This is a time

  • Road construction projects ahead for Maxwell, Gunter

    The Kelly Street commercial vehicle inspection area upgrade project is scheduled to begin Thursday with the widening of the commercial vehicle inspection area temporary location. This will allow trucks a larger turnaround area. Once the initial project is completed, all commercial vehicles will be

  • Events highlight healthy teen relationships

    Since dating can be a new and complex experience for youth, the Maxwell family advocacy office has organized events to help them navigate this terrain."It can be hard to determine where your relationship falls, especially if you haven't dated much," said April Jones, the Family Advocacy Program's

  • Business booming at the Air University Inn

    The Air University Inn recently called back to work many of its employees as a result of an increase in student lodging needs.Following the closure of the Air and Space Basic course, the need for student lodging decreased August through December. The restructuring of Squadron Officer School has