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Air University & Maxwell AFB News

  • ANG Det. 12 comes to Air University

    In a ceremony at Officer Training School, Detachment 12, Air National Guard Readiness Center, was activated, and Lt. Col. Ronald Daniels took command of the new unit Oct. 2. Formerly the Academy of Military Sciences at McGhee Tyson ANG Base, Tenn., Detachment 12 opened its doors to its first class

  • IDEC builds strategic partnerships one student at a time

    For 64 students representing 43 countries, the International Dependents English Course is more than just an English course. It served as a way for spouses and dependents of international officers stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base to learn American culture and English language, hand-in-hand,

  • Top AF enlisted leader visits Maxwell-Gunter

    The 16th Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, James A. Roy, visited with chiefs, first sergeants, enlisted instructors and local Airmen at Maxwell Sept. 25 during his first visit as the top enlisted leader. Maxwell is home to the 42nd Air Base Wing and Air University, the center of Air Force

  • Former Air University commander passes away

    The 14th commander of Air University, who witnessed many changes at the university during his rein as commander, has passed away. Lt. Gen. Raymond B. Furlong held the position of Air University commander from August 1975 to July 1979. He was 83 at the time of his death Sept. 28. Milestones,

  • Maxwell STARBASE attracts attention of NORAD commander's wife

    On a scale-model Martian landscape riddled with boulders, robotic rovers rolled in response to the students' careful programming. The excited students cheered, laughed and applauded the programmed behavior of the robots they created as the voyagers explored the equivalent of 1,600 square miles of

  • Ceremony honors POW-MIA sacrifice

    Throughout the nation's history, personal sacrifices have often been required of those involved in national defense. The sacrifices of American prisoners of war and missing in action were recognized with a luncheon, a Missing Man Table ceremony and a wreath-laying in front of the POW/MIA monument as

  • Air Force Chief of Staff names MIT cadet as cadet of the year

    The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, recently named the 2009 United States Air Force Cadet of the Year. Cadet Col. Ryan W. Castonia, a senior, majoring in Aerospace Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was notified of the honor in an official letter signed by

  • What goes around comes around

    A phrase we often hear in life is "what goes around comes around." I had never thought of that phrase from a mentoring standpoint until Aug. 24. I was instructing two classes of Air and Space Basic Course students on Air Force Instruction 36-2618, the Enlisted Force Structure, prior to their first

  • Lorenz on Leadership -- A tale of two instructors

    Air Education and Training Command is primarily made up of students and instructors. On the surface, the instructors simply teach certain skills so that students are ready for new challenges. In reality, they contribute so much more. Instructors make us better Airmen and continually raise our level