MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, April 5 -- The U.S. Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force Base (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Bradley J. Clark, 908th Airlift Wing The 908th Airlift Wing has assigned aircraft for the first time in more than 23 months, or 726 days to be exact, as the first of the wing's MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters arrived at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 3, 2024. "I'm really excited!" exclaimed 908th Airlift Wing Commander, Col. Christopher Lacouture. "This day ma  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release: The last defendant involved in a prison-based phone scam that targeted retailers throughout the country has been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis. U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced Otis Bowers aka "Big O," 44, of Bessemer, to 235 months in prison for conspiracy t  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, April 5 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: Teammates - This month, the LeMay Center highlights Colonel John Warden and Checkmate as our Doctrine Paragon. In August of 1990, Col John Warden was the Deputy Director of Strategy, Doctrine, and Concepts on the Air Staff at the Pentagon. One of the directorates on Col Warden's staff was the Air Force Strategic Studies Group, better known as the Checkmate Division. Checkmate was created in 1976  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury indicted an Alabama man on charges of illegally possessing dogs for fighting purposes and illegally possessing three firearms subsequent to a felony conviction. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama unsealed the indictment in conjunction with the arrest today of Carlton Lenard Adams, 51, of Bessemer and Adger. According to court documents filed in this case, Adam  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, April 5 -- The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command issued the following news: By Joseph Kidwell, Jr. The U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Aviation Fixed Wing Project Office's Product Director International and Transport Aircraft (PM FW- ITA) office delivered one Beechcraft King Air 350 Extended Range platform to the Government of Canada Feb. 22, 2024, at the L3Harris facility in Greenville, Texas. Upon acceptance, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot flew the aircr  more