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  • Range police protect, serve range community, mission

    Much like local beach community police prepare for their "busy" season in the summer, the Range police officers prepare for the increased range activity as their "peak" season begins this week. Each year, range activity spikes with the beginning of hunting season in late October and continues

  • 53rd WG hosts large-scale weapons system evaluation

    The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group just completed one of the largest Weapons System Evaluation Programs to date.The purpose of the WSEP here is to evaluate operational Department of Defense and foreign ally personnel, fighters, missiles and gunnery in realistic air combat scenarios.The 53rd WEG is a

  • Eglin pilot earns prestigious safety award

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III awarded a 58th Fighter Squadron pilot the Koren Kolligian Jr. trophy for flight safety in a ceremony at the Pentagon Sept. 23.Capt. Timothy K. Killham, an F-35A Lightning II pilot, was given the award that recognizes outstanding feats of airmanship by

  • FY-15 second quarter status of discipline

    The following disciplinary actions occurred here between April and June:A staff sergeant from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron received a reduction in rank to senior airman, forfeiture of $655.50, and a reprimand for the wrongful use of hydrocodone and hydromorphone.An airman 1st class from

  • Boat patrol protects Eglin's coastline

    Each day, a small group of 96th Security Forces Squadron defenders gear up and prepare for a shift on patrol.  Instead of getting behind the wheel of a squad car, these Airmen put on life preservers and climb onto a boat to protect the base's extensive shoreline.Orange and white buoys and

  • More than 240 Airmen selected for staff sergeant

    Air Force officials selected 13,269 of 39,260 eligible senior airmen to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 33.8 percent.  The average score for those selected was 399.52, with an average time in grade of 2.22 years and time in service of 4.68, respectively.  Weighted factor averages included the

  • Welcome to Team Eglin: newcomers orientation streamlined

    The Newcomers orientation here has been streamlined from six hours to four, but the information it provides to new Team Eglin members still contributes to a successful duty assignment."The program gives newly assigned Airmen a positive jump start on what this base's mission is and how they can

  • Deployment lessons learned moves F-16 sofware upgrade forward

    For two weeks in June, Eglin units, the 40th Flight Test Squadron and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, tested the M7 F-16 Fighting Falcon software upgrade over the wilds of Alaska in the joint exercise known as Northern Edge.Upon returning from the large-scale deployment, the squadrons' Airmen

  • AF funds development of munitions technology

    Critical Air Force missions take place both day and night in locations around the globe.  In some cases, the use of high-performance munitions is critical to mission success.As a result, the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer program office recently

  • Airman honored as one of 2015's outstanding Airmen of the year

    Staff Sgt. Kurtis Harrison, 96th Communications Squadron Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems Project Manager, was recognized as one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year, one of the top-level honors an Airman can receive."This recognition is so humbling," said