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~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, AlabamaMaxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Occupying the site of the first Wright Flying School, it was named in honor of Second Lieutenant William C. Maxwell, a native of Atmore, Alabama.The base is the headquarters of Air University (AU), a major component of Air Education and Training Command (AETC), and is the U.S. Air Force's center for Joint Professional...

The Montgomery Explosives Ordnance Disposal and base security officials at Maxwell Air Force Base are responding to a report of a suspicious package. The package, found during a routine inspection, "gave a positive indication for explosives", according to officials. Officials say the package, discovered around 10 a.m. in the base post office, is about the size of a box of blank checks.

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE-GUNTER ANNEX, Ala. (AFPN) -- While tons of relief supplies are flowing into the Gulf Coast daily, the Operations and Sustainment Systems Group here is shoring up the vital flow of communications to the hurricane-stricken region. Hours after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the group's team of communications, logistics, contracting and acquisition experts were called to action. The first call for help came over the Labor Day weekend from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., which suffered severe flooding and wind damage. "The operations division received an emergency request from Keesler to upgrade their unclassified circuits to support the...

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala., Sept. 6, 2005 – Some airmen of the 908th Airlift Wing are returning to their home base today after participating in an overseas deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The troops aren't even back yet, but their commander says they're ready to serve again, only this time, in disaster-relief operations. "A lot of folks have been chomping at the bit to help," Air Force Lt. Col. John Stokes said. He said that his crews sent him e-mails that said, "As soon as we get back, we're ready to turn around and do hurricane-support missions."...

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala., Sept. 3, 2005 – As more than 300 active-duty and reserve airman assigned to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., return from deployments in the Middle East in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, their fellow Keesler airmen and families displaced by the hurricane are among those seeking shelter here. U.S. Central Command Air Forces announced plans today to return airmen assigned to hurricane-struck Keesler early from their deployments so they can attend to their families' needs and help the base's recovery efforts. In addition, nearly 100 airmen scheduled to deploy from Keesler will remain behind to...