LeMay class directly supports Middle East effort

When the Iraqi Air Force requested training, Lt. Col. Dustin Ashton got into gear. Americans working with the Iraqi Air Operations Center received a request from the Iraqis to provide any type of training that would be good for Iraqi military members working at the IAOC. "(The Iraqis) need to learn

Welcome home!

Former ACSC commandant tells story of new Afghan air force

In August 2007, the commandant of Air Command and Staff College was told to leave the school at Maxwell and "go build the Afghan air force." Maj. Gen. Jay Lindell, now the director of Global Power Programs for the Secretary of the Air Force, was at Maxwell-Gunter on Feb. 20 to address ACSC students

Maxwell performs ‘good job’ during base exercise

The February Maxwell-Gunter exercise involved a deployment/field exercise; a force protection condition change; flightline protection drills; and personnel accountability, and for the most part, the events last week went well said the base Exercise Evaluation Team chief. "There were a few issues we

Preparing to Deploy

Maxwell crash, rescue team learns Chinook operations

The season's bitter wind did nothing to deter a joint helicopter training exercise here on Jan. 15 with Airmen from Maxwell Air Force Base and soldiers from Fort Rucker, Ala. That day, a multi-service team came together to provide egress and safety procedures training for the Maxwell AFB Fire

908th Airlift Wing sergeant stops detainee escape

"He just looked suspicious," remarked Staff Sgt. Otis T. Luke, referring to the Iraqi detainee he had prevented from escaping a medical facility. A 908th Airlift Wing medical staff sergeant, Luke was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal in late December for thwarting a detainee's escape attempt

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

Air Force’s new site planning tool boosts warfighter capabilities

The 554th Electronic Systems Group's, Force Projection and Readiness Division at Gunter activated the Web-based Base Support and Expeditionary Planning Tool on the Air Force Portal recently. The activation was a major milestone in a capability development that started as a Joint Expeditionary Force

42nd SFS members receive Combat Action Medal

Eight members of the 42nd Security Forces Squadron received the Air Force Combat Action Medal, and two more will soon receive AFCAMs for their involvement in anti-insurgent raids while deployed to Baghdad. During the period of April to September 2006, the security forces members were assigned to the