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  • Colonel shoots to win

    Colonel Mark Hays, the Armament Directorate deputy director, recently won three pistol shooting awards at two national level events.Hays, a member of the Air Force National Pistol Team since December 1998, won the 2011 High Air Force competitor at the 51st Inter Service Pistol Championships at Fort

  • New center commander takes over Friday

    The Air Armament Center changes leadership during a ceremony at the Bayview Club Aug. 19.Maj. Gen. Kenneth A. Merchant will assume command of the center and also become the program executive officer for weapons. Merchant arrives from Scott AFB, Ill., where he was director of Logistics, Headquarters,

  • WEG hosts Bold Tigers for Combat Archer

    More than 130 members from the 391st Fighter Squadron, "Bold Tigers", along with eight F-15E Strike Eagles, participated in Combat Archer here, July 8 to 22.The exercise is an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program conducted by the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group to test the total air-to-air

  • "The Quiet Place" is gone

    "The Quiet Place" -- that was the nickname for west Afghanistan before the presence of an air control squadron showed up. Detachment 1, 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is only the second unit to setup shop here."Before this site was here, there was no one

  • Exchange readies for back to school, tax-free weekend

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is here to help students with all their school needs. Everything from supplies to clothing, the Eglin Exchange has it in store for students and parents. In addition to low prices, everything in the Eglin Exchange is always tax-free. Furthermore, during

  • Davis reflects on tenure as Eglin's top commander

    Looking back over the last two years as commander of the Air Armament Center and Program Executive Officer for Weapons, Major General CR Davis recently reflected on his tenure in the top position here. He moves on to become the commander of the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base,

  • Medieval fair celebrates summer reading program

    More than 180 children, parents, knights and ladies attended the medieval faire at the youth center to celebrate their summer reading achievements July 29. The celebration was the culmination of the 2011 "A Midsummer Knight's Read," program held by the base library. More than 380 children signed