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  • Environmental inspection aims to assess Eglin status

    More than 30 environmental inspectors will take a fine-tooth comb through Eglin's Environmental Management System, stewardship and compliance processes May 14-18. The effort will complete the environmental portion of the Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and

  • Eglin ready to celebrate Earth Week

    More than 600 Team Eglin volunteers and participants are expected to help celebrate Earth Week 2012, here next week. The events include kayak ecotours of Eglin's streams and habitats, a nature hike, a beach cleanup and a paddle board tour of Santa Rosa Island among other things."These events really

  • Eglin facilities earning Gold in energy savings

    Whether it's excellence in what they do, or innovation in industry, Eglin's workforce is always in the lead. That reputation has been reinforced with several new energy efficient buildings earning the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification.Leadership in Energy and

  • Life cycle of AF fuel: to the aircraft & beyond

    (Editors note: this is part three of a three part series about Eglin's petroleum, oil and lubricants flight.)"No one goes without the hose," is one of many popular slogans describing the mission of the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants flight. The "hose" is the

  • Premier space surveillance squadron located at Eglin

    The operators of 20th Space Control Squadron have a big job: carry out round-the-clock space surveillance operations with the world's most powerful radar.The squadron's AN/FPS-85 radar helps the Air Force keep track of more than 22,000 orbiting satellites, which is a dizzying task. The 20th SPCS,

  • Life cycle of AF fuel: the cleaner, the better

    (Editor's note: this is part two of a three part series about Eglin's petroleum, oil and lubricants flight.)Fuel contamination can bring a base's mission to a halt. Too much water or sediment in the Air Force's primary fuel, JP-8, is the same as having no fuel at all. That's why the JP-8 is