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  • Last Tac Week challenge held at Camp Ravenna

    Youngstown Air Reserve Station hosted Tac Week were C-130H Hercules from YARS, Dobbins Air Reserve Base and Maxwell Air Force Base competed in a series of challenges for training. The last Tac Week challenge was a six ship tactical airdrop challenge to see which C-130 could get its Actual Heavy or

  • First Combat Airdrop in More Than a Decade

    A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron departs Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, to conduct a supply airdrop over an undisclosed location in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Inherent Resolve's Operation Roundup, June 3, 2018. This was the first combat

  • ADAPT saved my life

    (The military member’s name has been changed to honor the privacy of the individual.) Staff Sgt. Brandon was in bad shape. He drank every day and had withdrawals while at work. He looked for reasons to justify why he earned that drink at the end of the day. Brandon is a recovering alcoholic.

  • AAFES renovates old to new

    Early last week, AAFES began the process of fixing up the old car wash located on Maxwell AFB next to the shoppette. Instead of demolishing the facility, engineers are adding to the current building and expanding capabilities. “The expansion will allow us to add vacuums and build a tunnel carwash,

  • Inside Maxwell's air traffic control tower

    The air traffic control tower on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, is made up of seven flights of stairs leading to the observation room where air traffic controllers have a 360 degree view to monitor the flight line. Maxwell’s air traffic control tower is the second oldest tower still in use today

  • Recycle, reuse and renew: Maxwell’s composting facility

    Dead trees, broken limbs and bushes are given a second life here by becoming the main ingredient in compost. The 42nd Maintenance Support Group runs a composting site on the north end of the flight line. The composting site came into operation in 1993, and has not ceased in providing the

  • Cross Service Partnership Provides Unique Opportunity

    The 908th Airlift Wing has a long standing partnership with the 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade at Fort Benning, Ga.That relationship between the two units provided a unique training opportunity that took place July 6 at Maxwell Air Force Base.

  • 908th completes 5K Ruck

    Members of the 908th Airlift Wing pose with Col. Ken Ostrat, 908th commander and Col. Eric Shafa, commander of the 42nd Air Base Wing, (center black shirt and sunglasses) prior to participating in the Commander’s Challenge 5K Ruck March at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., May 19. The event was in honor