"Ready 4 Duty” arrives at Maxwell AFB to kick off WWII Allied victory 80th Anniversary tour
U.S. Air Force Maj. Theresa Eckard, left, Air University director of operations, and Lt. Col. Andrea Searor, right, AU chief of international affairs, sit in a Commemorative Air Force “Ready 4 Duty” Douglas R4D-6S at Maxwell Air Force Base, April 17, 2025. A historic U.S. Navy variant of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, the R4D visited Maxwell to collect gravestone rubbings of 78 Royal Air Force Airmen buried at the Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Montgomery at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 17, 2025. The rubbings will be presented during events recognizing the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Savannah L. Waters)