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  • Sister Strong to unite area military spouses

    Members of a new program designed to bring local military spouses together will launch their first event in October. Sister Strong, an organization made up of spouses of service members from Eglin, Hurlburt Field, 7th Special Forces Group and the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, was recently created

  • Team Eglin remembers with POW/MIA Recognition Day

    Hundreds gathered for the annual Prisoner-of-War and Missing-in-Action recognition ceremony at the Air Force Armament Museum here, Sept. 21. The 53rd Wing hosted the ceremony, featuring retired Lt. Col. Bruce McKenty, the national commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, as guest

  • Air Force runs with new F-35 engine program

    An Airman seated in an aircraft, surrounded by electronic displays, surveys the cockpit of an F-35A Lightning II and begins rehearsed procedures that now feel comfortable. He feels the jet's familiar rumble below as the engine roars to life on the flightline. If you imagined the person in the seat

  • Navy F-35 squadron holds ceremony for new chiefs

    Four Strike Fighter Squadron 101 Sailors were formally advanced to chief petty officer at the squadron's first chief petty officer pinning ceremony here Sept. 14.Members of VFA-101, the Navy's first F-35 squadron, gathered to witness new chief petty officers Robert Powell, John Adair, Chris Cid and

  • F-35A reaches 'huge milestone' in program development

    Air Force officials begin their F-35A Lightning II Operational Utility Evaluation Sept. 10, an instrumental step in beginning joint strike fighter pilot and maintenance training for the service. Two 33rd Fighter Wing pilots here; along with two Air Force test pilots, will conduct the review expected

  • Luke maintainers get future experience first-hand

    When the Air Force announced Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., as the next training location for F-35A Lightning IIs, maintainers temporarily assigned here began to feel like they were already in the future environment.Since January 2011, F-16 Fighting Falcons have been on "loan" at the 33rd Fighter Wing

  • Duke flight helps agency combat aircraft-wildlife strike threats

    A 919th Special Operations Wing MC-130E recently flew a rather unique double mission here.  Normally used in combat operations, this particular sortie doubled as a routine training flight and as a wildlife habitat survey platform.Piloted by Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Douglas Bartz, the Combat Talon

  • Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff

    The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the Air

  • Pilot becomes Guard's first F-35 instructor pilot

    At Eglin's multi-service, multi-national F-35 Integrated Training Center the integrated concept became even more evident when an Air National Guard member became the Guard's first F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot.Major Jay Spohn, assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing here as the assistant director of

  • More than 300 Eglin Airmen selected for staff sergeant

    Congratulations to the following Airmen on their selection to staff sergeant.Approximately 40 percent of those eligible were selected for promotion Air Force wide.Staff sergeant is the first noncommissioned officer rank. Those selected will be promoted beginning in September, depending on their