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  • AFIT commencement ceremony celebrates 206 graduates

    The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management held a commencement ceremony at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio March 21 to celebrate 206 new graduates.

  • New honorary commanders inducted at 42nd Air Base Wing

    The 42nd ABW Honorary Commander’s Program connects leaders within the community to wing commanders to provide an opportunity to learn more about the base’s mission and strengthen relationships between the base and local communities.

  • Maxwell memorializes Rosa Parks, SecAF pays tribute to civil rights leader

    Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, Col. Eries Mentzer, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative founder and director and several other dignitaries were on hand for the unveiling of the Rosa Parks sculpture, created by Ian Mangum,

  • Veterans Day ceremony 2020

    Mayor of Montgomery Steven Reed visits with Lt. Gen. James Hecker, Air University commander and president Nov. 11, 2020, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The mayor was in attendance of Maxwell's Veteran's Day ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Charles Welty)

  • Air University Airmen begin transferring to USSF

    U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond welcomed over 300 Airmen from the Maxwell-Gunter community and around the world into the Space Force during a virtual ceremony, Sept. 15, 2020.

  • 9/11 Memorial Ruck March

    Base personnel, their family members, Maxwell first responders and Montgomery community members paid respect to the victims who lost their lives and honored those who gave their lives to protect and defend others during the terrorist attacks 19 years prior and in the ensuing years.

  • 42nd MDG welcomes new commander

    After serving two years as the 42nd MDG commander, Col. Jeanette Frantel is moving on to her next assignment at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.