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  • Future joint leaders wrestle with fictional world in crisis

    Imagine a "worst case scenario" for the world a decade from now. What if, almost simultaneously, the major world powers find themselves in situations that could rapidly escalate into military chaos? Terrorist attacks once again rattle North American cities; primary shipping lanes threatened in the

  • AFAF underway

    Maxwell and Gunter Airmen have already donated more than 70 percent, or more than $54,000, of the installation goal for this year's Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign.Airmen have until April 10 to cover the remaining 30 percent of the goal of $75,026."I feel people should donate because they care

  • Airmen pay respect to local veterans on Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day has come and past, and whether you believe the day represents a chance to profess your love for someone special or a marketing ploy to guilt consumers into spending money, there is no denying the holiday is big business.However, a group of Airmen from Maxwell-Gunter used the holiday

  • AFRC begins new program for single parents on Maxwell-Gunter

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center is developing a new program called Single with Amazing Kids that focuses on single parents here.The program is geared toward encouraging, networking and supporting single parents."We are all going through the same issues and need support," said Tiffany

  • Lt. Gen. Kwast assumes command of Air University

    Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast assumed command of Air University from Lt. Gen. David S. Fadok in a change-of-command ceremony Nov. 10 at Maxwell Air Park here.Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Education and Training Command, presided over the ceremony.Rand described AU as not only the "intellectual

  • A resilient rebel

    At nearly twice their ages and half their sizes, Lt. Col. Melanie Friedman stands out among those wearing the same uniform. The deputy director of intelligence at the Curtis E. Lemay Center for Doctrine Development and Education ties her laces together just like the rest of them, and then fiddles

  • Air University hosts first learning symposium

    The first Air University Learning Symposium is Sept. 25 at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education on Maxwell.The symposium theme is "The Essential Weapon of the Warfighter."The symposium is designed for information sharing and the professional development of the civilian

  • Learning from CAOS

    At the Air University's LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, behind heavy steel vault doors, members of the Royal Netherlands Air Force are strategizing in a combined air operations simulation wargame conducted June 16-27.The wargame takes place annually at the center's Wargaming

  • LeMay Doctrine Advisory Group resumes dialogue

    Command and control concepts, methods of Air Force planning and operations, and ways to provide quality strategic options and doctrinal guidance to the Air Force chief of staff were topics of the second Doctrine Advisory Group meeting held April 23 and 24 at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine

  • LeMay Center commander uses diverse background to serve Airmen

    As the child of a missionary growing up among the Ndu tribe in the West African nation of the Republic of Cameroon, Steven Kwast and local children rubbed mud and ash from the previous night's fires into their hair to mimic the appearance of respected tribal elders.In a region of the world that now