Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

The Air Power Legacy

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 6, 2012

1. The Air Power Legacy Marker

Inscription.

In 1931 Maxwell Field began its mission to educate Army Air Corps officers in strategy, tactics, and techniques of air power. Many early Air Force leaders attended Air Corps Tactical School here including Generals Vandenberg, Twining, White, and LeMay.

”If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of the neck down.”
General Jimmy Doolittle

Erected by The Air University Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Education • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.

Location. 32° 22.707′ N, 86° 20.564′ W. Marker is in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of Maxwell Boulevard and Magnolia Drive, on the right when traveling west on Maxwell Boulevard. Marker is in Maxwell Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Montgomery AL 36112, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Air University Commanders (here, next to this marker); Establishment of Air University 1946 (here, next to this marker); Lt. William C. Maxwell / Air Force ROTC (here, next to this marker); Joint Programs

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(here, next to this marker); The Next Fifty Years (here, next to this marker); Year of Training (here, next to this marker); Expansion of Air University (a few steps from this marker); Chennault Circle (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maxwell Air Force Base.

Also see . . . Air Corps Tactical School at Wikipedia. (Submitted on April 13, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 6, 2012

2. The Air Power Legacy Marker

Center marker

Maxwell Park and Historical Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. Maxwell Park and Historical Markers

Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 767 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.