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  • 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

  • Maxwell Air Show

    Aircraft number 9143, a C-130 Hercules belonging to the 908th Airlift Wing drops a Containerized Delivery System Bundle on Maxwell Air Force Base April 9 as a part of the Maxwell Air Show. The 908th had four aircraft drop CDS bundles each day of the airshow, along with an aircraft for display and

  • Major General Stokes returns to the 908th

    The 908th Airlift Wing had a special visitor on the Saturday of the December Unit Training Assembly, Commanding General of the 22nd Air Force, Maj. Gen. Stokes and his wife Stacy Stokes spent the day with the wing.The morning started with a quick visit with the wing command section and then off to