Eglin hosts B-1 test mission

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Staff Sgt.(s) Dallas Osburn and Jerome Smith, 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron, wait for their B-1B Lancer to taxi for a test mission Sept. 24 here. Two B-1s were brought from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, for test missions last week in an effort to better defend the aircraft for today’s warfighters and prove the strength of new software. The B-1 is a long range, multi-role, heavy bomber with a wingspan of 137 feet, and is capable of intercontinental flight unrefueled. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Anthony Jennings)

Eglin hosts B-1 test missions

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Col. David Kivioja, 53rd Test Management Group, shakes hands with Staff Sgt. Matthew Penrod, 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron, upon arriving at the B-1B Lancer for a test mission Sept. 24, here. Two B-1s were brought from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, for test missions last week in an effort to better defend the aircraft for today’s warfighters and prove the strength of new software. The B-1 is a long range, multi-role, heavy bomber with a wingspan of 137 feet, and is capable of intercontinental flight unrefueled. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Anthony Jennings)

Last 33rd Eagles

Remaining Nomads of the transitioning 33rd Fighter Wing and members of Team Eglin prepare to salute Col. Todd Harmer as he taxies his F-15 flagship toward the runway Sept. 8. It was the last mission of his command and the end of a 30 year era the 33rd FW's Eagle flying operations. The last three Eagles left Eglin to join the standby fleet at Air Force Material Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Tucson, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Jacobson)

Firing falcon

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 77th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., fires an AIM-9 at an aerial target during Combined Weapons System Evaluation Program, a large-scale evaluation at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The two-week exercise assesses operational effectiveness and suitability of weapons and weapons systems for both air to air and air to ground. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Wilkerson)

New home

The F-15A was moved to its new home in front of the Northwest Florida Regional Airport July 13. The F-15A was a training aircraft for the 33d Fighter Wing and is now on loan from The National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB. Since 1978, 33rd Fighter Wing F-15s have flown over Eglin and the local community. The last one will exit in September, just before the wing transitions to an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training unit under Air Education and Training Command Oct. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

New home

Members of the 33rd Maintenance Squadron place an F-15A at its new home in front of the Northwest Florida Regional Airport July 13 after towing it across the shared flightline on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Since 1978, 33rd Fighter Wing F-15s have flown over Eglin and the local community. The last one will exit in September, just before the wing transitions to an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training unit under Air Education and Training Command Oct. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks.)