Eglin CE armors island against hurricanes

Eglin's civil engineers are nearly finished restoring and armoring Santa Rosa Island against future hurricanes.With more than $112 million in construction and restoration work, over 16 miles of roadway and the critical test facilities that occupy the island are nearing completion of a strengthening

919 SOW Talons invade Eglin

96 ABW headquarters bldg wins second energy challenge

Base units will swap names, orgs by June 30

Air Force Materiel Command officials notified center commanders May 11, Air Force headquarters has approved converting the command structure from wings, groups and squadrons to directorates, divisions and branches. The targeted implementation date for these organizational changes is June 30.The

New tech-advanced classroom awaits F-35 students

A foundation for how the first generation of F-35 pilots and maintainers trains for the next half century continues to evolve here as the 33rd Fighter Wing adds state of the art technology to the classroom arsenal. "The technology is fabulous. It brings us to a revolutionary new capability that's

Eglin’s Natural Resources Manager named 'Best in DoD'

The Department of Defense honored one of Eglin's own at a ceremony held at the Pentagon today.The 96th Civil Engineer Group's Steve Seiber received the 2010 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation (Team/Individual) for his outstanding achievements to conserve and

Eglin Airman leads security, force protection support for Southwest Asia wing

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hoffman is a security forces craftsman with the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at a non-disclosed base here. Sergeant Hoffman is deployed from the 96th Security Forces Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and his hometown Manitowoc, Wisc.As a security forces

Racing to celebrate Memorial Day

Nurses and technicians support Fisher House

Helping others is a credo that nurses share. For that reason, nurses and technicians from the 96th Medical Group spent National Nurses' Week making a difference.More than 500 nurses and technicians here embraced the 2010 theme, "Caring Today for a Healthier Tomorrow," by collecting donations

NCO Academy graduates announced

Congratulations to the following Eglin technical sergeants who graduated from the NCO Academy May 27.Academic Achievement AwardSpence Johnson, Ground Combat Training SquadronGraduatesBetty Barrios, 919 Special Operations WingKevin Base, 96th Communications SquadronWilliam Blue, 728th Air Control