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Maxwell Field was renamed Maxwell Air Force Base in September 1947 when the Air Force was created. [ 3 ] In 1992, the 3800th Air Base Wing (3800 ABW) was disbanded and the 502d Air Base Wing (502 BW) took over as the host wing, which two years later gave way to the current 42d Air Base Wing .
The transition to the new aircraft culminated in May 1987 at the International Airlift Rodeo competition at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., where the 908th placed as first overall C-130 unit in the world, and fourth place overall among all aircraft competing. This winning tradition continued in 2000 with the 908th winning best C-130/C-160 airdrop ...
Fairchild Air Force Base: SERE Instructor Training 97th Training Squadron: Altus AFB: Eagles: ... Maxwell AFB: 21 STUS. 29th Student Squadron: Maxwell AFB: Dragons.
The host unit of Gunter Annex is the 42d Air Base Wing, headquartered at Maxwell AFB. The former 42d Bombardment Wing took over host duties at both Maxwell AFB and Gunter AFB on 1 October 1994 when the wing was redesignated and reassigned from the closing of Loring Air Force Base, Maine.
In addition to its resident program at Maxwell AFB, the Air War College also conducts two non-resident distance learning programs for eligible U.S. military officers or equivalent Department of Defense or Department of the Air Force civilians (e.g., O-5, GS/GM-14, O-6, or GS/GM-15).
Maxwell Air Force Base: Montgomery: Alabama: Air Education and Training Command: 42nd Air Base Wing: Headquarters of Air University. The 908th Airlift Wing (AFRES) is transitioning from the C-130H Hercules to the MH-139 Grey Wolf Helicopter.
The 908th Airlift Wing, home based at historic Maxwell-Gunter AFB in Montgomery, Ala., is the state's only Air Force Reserve unit. The day-to-day operations of the 908th are handled by a group of approximately 175 civil servants known as Air Reserve Technicians who also serve as Reservists, and a small number of civilian employees who do not ...
The squadron was established as the 1987th Communications Squadron on 1 June 1966, at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, before moving to Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado on 31 October 1975. [2] It came under the Lowry Technical Training Center of Air Training Command on 1 October 1990. It was redesignated as the 3415th ...