FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama ~ 27 AUG 2013

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Road Trip: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama

Maxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, US. It was named in honor of Atmore, Alabama native Second Lieutenant William C. Maxwell.

Maxwell AFB 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 Military Education (PME). The host wing for Maxwell-Gunter is the 42nd Air Base Wing (42 ABW). The 908th Airlift Wing (908 AW) is a tenant activity and the only operational flying wing at Maxwell.

In the spring of 1910, aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright opened the nation's first civilian flying school on an old cotton plantation on the outskirts of Montgomery, Alabama. The flying school was short-lived, however, as mechanical and weather-related problems forced the brothers to close the facility earlier than planned. The location was later used for aircraft repair during World War I and on November 8, 1922, the installation became Maxwell Field.

Just seven years after the Wright's successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the monopoly they held on the flying market was being seriously challenged by other inventors of flying machines. In hopes of retaining a share of the newly emerging aviation market, the Wright Brothers formed a touring company to conduct flying exhibitions to promote the sale of their airplanes.

The Wrights needed to train pilots who would fly in exhibitions and teach buyers how to fly. The weather in Dayton, Ohio, was unfavorable for flying in the winter, and Wilbur left home on in search of a place suitable for early spring pilot training. He visited several southern cities and, after a disappointing stop in Jacksonville, Florida, a local resident suggested that he try Montgomery, Alabama, which he described as having "mild climate and flat farmland."

Under Air University are three principal schools that provide various levels of Joint Professional Military Education (JPME). The first is Squadron Officer School (SOS), a nearly 2 month program oriented towards First Lieutenants and Captains in the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard.

The second, Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) is a year long program for Air Force officers (to include Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard), Department of Defense civil servants in the grade of GS-13, as well as select officers from other U.S. and Allied armed forces in the rank of Major, Lieutenant Commander, Squadron Leader or equivalent. ACSC is considered "intermediate" level JPME.

The third program, Air War College (AWC) is also a year long program and selects students from the same sources as ACSC, but the minimum rank for attendance rises to Lieutenant Colonel, Commander, Wing Commander or equivalent or DoD civil servants in the grade of GS-14. AWC is considered "senior" level JPME.

Maxwell AFB also hosts the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools (AFOATS), which has oversight for two of the Air Force's three officer commissioning programs, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), which is headquartered at Maxwell and Air Force Officer Training School (OTS), which is headquartered and conducted at Maxwell AFB, having relocated from Lackland AFB, Texas in the 1990s.

Capitalizing on the new facilities built for OTS in the 1990s, Maxwell is now the only base hosting the annual fall/spring semester and summer Field Training (FT) encampments for AFROTC cadets that they must attend before commissioning. The Civil Air Patrol's corporate and joint CAP-USAF headquarters is also located at Maxwell.

Learn More About Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base HERE!

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[E.G.C.]

((LOL)) Well, I went to the vet and got Bo another bottle of Zinc tablets. We ran short on the last bottle.

The next few days are probably going to be the days we sit under the AC. They are forecasting highs in the 90's with heat indexes near and in some cases exceeding 100.

If we're luck some places around here may get some rain. We'll see.

My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the ongoing wildfires in the West. I understand some schools in the affected areas have cancelled classes due to the wildfires.

There is some concern about the fires impacting some parts of the NW power and water grid.

Speaking of power outages, there was apparently was a momentary power outage resulting from a blown transformer last night. Some places from Duncan Northward into Grady County. One FB poster said places as far East as Shawnee may have been affected.

[luvie]

Good mornin', EarlyBirds!
Hope this is a Terrific Tuesday for ya!
Cuppa tea anyone?...coffee maybe?
It's cooler here...72..and a chance of rain!
What are the odds! LOL!
Now...don't work too hard
And stay out of the heat EGC and Beachy!
....and others affected by high temps!
Arrow & Megs..hope we all get rain!
It would make my day off perfect!
(((hugs)))
Whoooooo!

[beachn4fun]

Good morning night owl ((HUGS))

Hmm, you guyz are getting cooler and we’re getting warmer.

Did my walk this morning while it was cooler.

Hope you get to enjoy the cooler temps and some rain.

[tomkow6]

WHO

[luvie]

It’s funny...your “warmer” and our “cooler” amount to just about the very same temperatures. LOL!

Have a good day, Early Bird! (((hugs)))

[Arrowhead1952]

Good afternoon LUV and (((HUGS))). We have some showers in our area now. Just enough to keep me from mowing the yard.

[luvie]

Well, glad you got the rain...AND that you got a reprieve from mowing! :)

[txradioguy]

Maxwell-Gunter is where I started my career as a National Guardsman.

Good morning everyone!

[Arrowhead1952]

We may stay in the 80s for a high today too. It was 75 about noon and just now hit 80.

[luvie]

Sounds great! It’s currently 87 at my house. I doubt if we get much higher today. Yay!

[SevenofNine]

What upz playerz

I been around on FR lately mostly I been watching new Movies TV network on sub channel 13,3 here in SO CAL

Keep eye on new Al Jazeera America love their out of control internatinal reports

[luvie]

Hey there! Good to see you!!

[MoochPooch]

Summer gone much too fast. I was busy with home repairs — no real vacation, but some time to relax.

[SevenofNine]

I been watching new Al Jazeera America especially when chemical weapons attack start happening LUV

YEah I been on FB mostly just hanging out

[luvie]

Is there a lot of propaganda on that new network? Any more than on ABC, CBS CNN or NBC? :)

[SevenofNine]

Remind me of Arab version of BBC world news with American angle on it LUV

I been watching that and new MOVIES TV network

http://www.moviestvnetwork.com

It bias against Israel you could breaking news anytime on that channel

Unlike CNN and Fox news they stick with reruns after 11pm est this network is right on the breaking news

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, tx...((HUGS))...memories!! Very cool.

[ConorMacNessa]

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