<P> The BES is a part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), which is headquartered at Wright - Patterson AFB, Ohio, and its subordinate activity at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts . </P> <P> The 26th Network Operations Squadron provides network defense for the Air Force Enterprise Network (AFNET). </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The facility is named after William Adams Gunter (1871--1940), a long - time mayor of Montgomery Alabama . Mayor Gunter was an aviation advocate who championed aviation and was a major force behind the construction of the original Montgomery Municipal Airport at this site in 1929 . There were several efforts to have the airport officially named in his honor while he was still living . Although he successfully resisted these efforts, the site is still commonly referred to by residents as' Gunter Field' . </P>

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