• SNCOA equips leaders with model Physical Training program

    The Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy's recently updated Physical Training program provides students and instructors with the skills and knowledge they need to promote Air Force level fitness in their units. The value and impact of this program is spreading Air Force wide, as senior enlisted

  • Beat the heat with summer fun

    Summer is finally here and many people are looking for family-oriented summer fun activities. The 42nd Services Division has activities to help families beat the heat and have fun too. The Maxwell and Gunter community pools are open Tuesday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for lap swimming and 1

  • Legends address ACSC grads during Gathering of Eagles

    The 28th Gathering of Eagles took place last week at Air University Spaatz Center's Air Command and Staff College for the edification of ACSC students about to graduate the class of Academic Year 09. Aviation legends, or Eagles, are invited each year to the college to share their wisdom and

  • Bears, Barbecue and Baseball

    There are two events this week to honor River Region's military community. Wednesday is Military Zoo Day and June 13 is Military Appreciation Night for the Montgomery Biscuits baseball game at Riverwalk Stadium. All military personnel and their families are invited to attend the appreciation day

  • Lithographs capture heritage, preserve legacy, inspire the future

    The Gathering of Eagles program, the capstone event of Air University Spaatz Center for Officer Education's Air Command and Staff College, has provided a means to inspire future generations of air and space leaders towards greatness. During the 28-year history of the GOE program, the lithographs

  • 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

  • Returning SFS deployers reflect on time spent abroad

    "Pearl Harbor," "Saving Private Ryan," "Black Hawk Down," and even movies like "Iron Man" depict the way that Hollywood perceives deployed life. And while some events described in these movies are based on true events and circumstances, Hollywood is never 100 percent accurate. One might be left

  • N.C. JROTC cadets build Wright Flyer replica

    When a SouthWest Edgecombe High School, N.C., Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet asked her senior aerospace science instructor if their unit could build a Wright Flyer, he thought she meant a scaled down version. She did not. Using the original Wright Flyer wing span of 40.4