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Giving back

Senior Airman Christopher Stoltz looks through some of the donated items at Maxwell Air Force Base's Airman's Attic, March 20. Maxwell’s Airman’s Attic provides a variety of items to enlisted Airmen E-6 and below. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Blankenship)

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Stay smart, safe in the summer heat

The 42nd Aeromedical-Dental Squadron Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight uses the wet bulb thermometer to determine the wet bulb globe temperature, or WBGT, a calculation that takes into account temperature, humidity, wind speed and radian heat. This helps determine the heat risk that exists for outdoor activity. The thermometer is located near the clinic. (Air Force photo/Rebecca Sheldon)

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Tornado Response

Members of the United States Army Corps of Engineers arrived at Maxwell Air Force Base as part of a emergency response team early Thursday morning. They are working in conjunction with other relief agencies to assist victims of the recent tornados in Alabama. (Air Force photo/Christopher Kratzer)

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Tornado Response

Jerry Smith, Alabama Forestry Commission's public information officer at the Maxwell Air Force Base emergency response site, coordinates with other agencies involved with the tornado relief effort April 29, 2011. Maxwell is serving as a staging area for the response to the tornado disaster that pummeled Alabama April 27. (Air Force photo/Christopher Kratzer)

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Tornado Response

Col. Brian Killough, 42d Air Base Wing commander, talks to an emergency worker at the Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., staging area on April 29, 2011. Maxwell is serving as a staging area for the response to the tornado disaster that pummeled Alabama April 27. (Air Force photo/Christopher Kratzer)

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Tornado Response

A row of vehicles assemble at the staging area at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., on April 29, 2011, as part of the response to the deadly storms that struck the state April 27. (Air Force photo/Christopher Kratzer)

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Tornado Response

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters truck arrives at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., on April 28, 2011, as part of the response to the deadly storms that struck the state April 27. (Air Force photo/Christopher Kratzer)

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City plans Riverwalk extension to Maxwell

The new lanes of Maxwell Boulevard are under construction. The road widening project, which is expected to be complete by August, is only the first step in planned improvements to improve the corridor to the base’s front door. (Air Force photo/Chris Baldwin)

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MWD Blek returns to Maxwell after IED attack

Back at the kennel at Maxwell Air Force Base, military working dog Blek, a 7-year-old German Sheppard, recuperates at the feet of Tech. Sgt. Ryan Veith, the 42nd Security Forces Squadron kennel master. Blek suffered permanent hearing loss as a result of the IED detonation and will be retired. (Courtesy photo)

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‘Black Thursday’: The bleakest day for U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II

Plumes of smoke rise from exploding 500-pound bombs dropped on the ball bearing plants in Schweinfurt, Bavaria, on Oct. 14, 1943, a date known as ‘Black Thursday’ due to the large number of U.S. aircraft and aircrew lost during the raid. (Archival photo)

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‘Black Thursday’: The bleakest day for U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II

One of the ball bearing plants in Schweinfurt, Germany, destroyed by American bombers during the ‘Black Thursday’ raid of Oct 14, 1943. The attack destroyed many of the buildings but left most of the machine tools inside relatively unharmed. (Archival photo)

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‘Black Thursday’: The bleakest day for U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II

The Army Air Force’s bombing raid on the ball bearing plants in Schweinfurt, Bavaria, on Oct. 14, 1943, included 291 American bombers, of which 60 were lost and 231 returned to England either with minor damage or damage beyond repair. American losses in aircraft and aircrew on that day is forever known as the Army Air Force’s ‘Black Thursday.’ (Archival photo)

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CFC gets underway for Maxwell-Gunter

Air University Commander Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, left, and 42nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Brian Killough sign their 2010 Heart of Alabama Combined Federal Campaign pledge cards as Maj. Joseph Butryn, the Air University CFC project officer, and Capt. Ian Coleman, Maxwell-Gunter CFC installation project officer, look on. This year’s goal is $860,000. (Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)

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Maxwell clicks ‘like’ on Facebook

Maxwell Air Force Base now counts itself among the scores of Air Force bases and Department of Defense organizations with a presence on Facebook. (Courtesy graphic)

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Maxwell launches video, audio podcasts

Maxwell Air Force Base entered the world of portable news as it launched a series of podcasts online Monday. (Graphic used with permission/Flickr/Creative Commons)

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Maxwell’s perimeter fence upgrades security

A new perimeter fence is under construction along Day Street at Maxwell. Officials say the new fence is both a security and aesthetics upgrade. (Air Force photo/Bennett Rock)

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Base, local area hit by snowstorm

The Wright-Flyer sculpture at Maxwell is bathed in heavy snowfall Feb. 12. A total of two inches of snow accumulated during Friday's storm that lasted from sunrise to about 4 p.m.(U.S. Air Force photo by Bennett Rock)

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Shop til you drop ... for a good cause; Thrift shop bargains help fund scholarships

(U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Kimberly L. Wright and Michael Paul)

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Department of the Air Force officers now at base gates

Monica Roberts, a former Mississippi state trooper, is one of the 22 new Department of the Air Force police officers now assigned to Maxwell-Gunter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bennett Rock)

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Maxwell Elementary ready for school year

(From left) Maxwell Elementary School principle Melissa Hayes, talks with 2nd grade teacher Katie O'Connor and 3rd grade teachers Louisa Castor and Brenda Hill during a workshop at the school Tuesday. The workshop was part of final preparations for the school's opening today. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carl Bergquist)

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