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  • BAH changes show ups, downs for Maxwell

    The New Year may bring a few extra dollars to some Maxwell servicemembers and their families, but for others, wallets may be emptying a little quicker than usual. The Department of Defense released the Basic Allowance for Housing rates December 15, and the average 6.9 percent raise will give members

  • 42nd MDG prepares Airmen to save lives on battlefield

    The words "exsanguination" and "tension pneumothorax" rarely surface during average conversation, but personnel who deploy from Maxwell Air Force Base must know how to respond to these medical conditions prior to departure. The 42nd Medical Group began providing Combat Lifesaving Skills training to

  • Visitors get inside view of honor guard duties

    The Maxwell-Gunter Honor Guard has traveled 78,452 miles this year. That equals crisscrossing the state more than 245 times. The group has performed 501 details and given more than 17,000 man hours. They are the face of the Air Force to the American public, and many are no older than 25 years. Their

  • AETC rewards efforts of Maxwell units with top honors

    As 2008 comes to an end, the Air Education and Training Command vice commander, Maj. Gen. Anthony Przybyslawski, announced Monday that Air University and the 42nd Air Base Wing have received Air Force Organizational Excellence Awards and an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award respectively. "These

  • First member of Defense Department police now on station

    Maxwell-Gunter members, employees and residents may soon see a new face on base - that of Chris Langston, a former Air Force security forces member and the first of 35 Department of Defense police officers to be assigned to Maxwell-Gunter. All 35 officers are scheduled to arrive by October 2009. Mr.

  • AETC surgeon general visits 42nd MDG

    On the second leg of a 13-base tour, the Air Education and Training Command surgeon general paid a visit to the 42nd Medical Group Wednesday. Col. Peggy Matarese was joined by the AETC chief of enlisted medical force, Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Lambing, in touring the base's medical facility. She has

  • AETC chief: CCAF degrees top priority for enlisted Airmen

    "Education is essential to the force," Chief Master Sgt. Robert Tappana, command chief of Air Education and Training Command, said following his three-day visit here Nov. 20. The chief, who moved into his current post in August, came to familiarize himself with the base and the specific functions of

  • Renovations, new exhibits for Enlisted Heritage Hall

    Visitors to Gunter Annex's Enlisted Heritage Hall, the only Air Force museum dedicated to preserving the contributions and heroics of enlisted members, may not notice the two biggest problems curators face there, but they are sure to notice the solutions. "We have two problems here regarding our

  • Korean War pilot receives Silver Star 56 years later

    More than 56 years after a fateful day in Korea when then Lt. Charles Cleveland landed his F-86 Sabre at a South Korean air base with a "plausible" MiG-15 kill, the now retired Lt. Gen. Cleveland received a Silver Star for his heroics. Because he didn't actually see the MiG crash in March 1952, the

  • Virtual Air Force base opens doors to public

    The first virtual Air Force base opened its doors to the world Dec. 2, heralded by Maj. Gen. Erwin Lessel, the Director of Plans, Programs, Requirements and Assessments at Air Education and Training Command. The general's remarks were made during the general officers' panel discussion at the annual