Maxwell honors Rocky

Military Working Dog Rocky enjoys his retirement ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base, Jan. 13, 2017. Rocky was set to retire from military service at the end of October, 2016, but had to wait for final paperwork to be processed. He will join his former handler, Staff Sgt. Terrance Smith, their home

Step up: Don’t be afraid to be a Mitchell, Doolittle, or Arnold

The U.S. Air Force is sitting at a nexus in which the world is becoming increasingly dangerous and complex, and our nation is asking us to do things that keep us busier now than ever before, yet we have fewer people now than at any point in our history—just over a third of what we had in the 1950s!

Maxwell 2016 in Review

As the calendar flips to 2017, we wanted to reflect on what a great year 2016 was at Maxwell. From Airman 1st Class Mason Conway, 42nd Security Forces Squadron patrolman, saving two lives that were in a car accident in January, Air University shining at the DoD innovation awards in March, Col. Shafa

42nd SFS respond to off-base shooting

Members of the 42nd Security Forces maintained security during an incident outside of the Day Street gate here, yesterday. An individual fired a weapon several times at the intersection of Day Street and Airbase Boulevard before fleeing the scene in his vehicle.  Anti-establishment graffiti was also

Maxwell honors McBride

Maxwell held a special auditorium-naming ceremony at the 42nd Air Base Wing headquarters building, Dec. 21, 2016. The auditorium was renamed honoring Special Agent (Staff Sgt.) Chester J. McBride. Additionally, the ceremony will commemorate the 1-year anniversary of Special Agent Chester J.

A few notes before the holidays

Language program officials announce 2017 application dates

The Air Force Culture and Language Center has released dates for the 2017 Air Force ROTC and U.S. Air Force Academy cadet and active duty application windows and selection boards for the Language Enabled Airman Program.The AFCLC will conduct two LEAP selection boards, one for cadets and one for

Japanese Broadcasting crew travels to Maxwell for documentary

News crew members from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, or NHK, studied and gained information for their newest documentary at the Air Force Historical Research Agency here, Monday and Tuesday.The NHK documentary series has 10 -12 million viewers and their newest episode will

AFROTC names 2016 Right of Line Award recipients

Headquarters Air Force ROTC announces the selection of three of its 145 detachments as Right of Line Award winners for 2016.Winners are Detachment 365, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (small detachment category); Detachment 825, University of Texas at Austin (medium detachment category); and

AF JAG School invites professionals to attend first cyber law symposium

The Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School here, in association with the Air Force Cyber College, and with the support of the Judge Advocate General’s School Foundation, invites legal, cyber and information technology professionals and university faculty and students studying in these areas to