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  • New commander for 53rd Wing

    The 53rd Wing welcomed its new commander June 18 in a change of command ceremony here before its personnel, family and friends.Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, passed the wing guidon to Col. Adrian Spain as the wing's new leader. The wing bid farewell to Col.

  • Comptrollers rehearse expeditionary skills

    Comptroller Airmen spent June 6 in a simulated joint-deployment environment here, to exercise an infrequently practiced expeditionary skillset.The design was based on an exercise in the 1990s dubbed 'Top Dollar' and scaled down to a one-day simulation where Airmen exercise war-time skills including

  • Auto Hobby Shop services Eglin community's vehicles

    The Auto Hobby Shop, located on Eglin's east side next to the fitness track, does full-service and minor car repairs, tune-ups and is a do-it-yourself area for mechanics.  It is part of the base's recreation and leisure programs."Air Force auto hobby shops have a long history of providing eligible

  • More than 130 Airmen selected for tech sergeant promotion

    Congratulations to the following staff sergeants on their selection to the rank of technical sergeant. The Air Force overall statistics for this technical sergeant cycle were:Number eligible: 35,863Number selected: 8,446Selection rate: 23.55 percent33rd Fighter WingJake ClineJeremy DeckPaul

  • 40th, 85th to deploy to Alaska

    For the first time, the 96th Test Wing's 40th Flight Test Squadron will deploy to fully participate in an operational exercise.The wing's only flying fighter squadron soars out to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska for the large-scale Northern Edge Exercise beginning this week to test the F-16

  • Eglin welcomes new test wing commander

    The 96th Test Wing welcomed its new commander June 4 in a change of command ceremony here before its personnel, family and friends.Maj. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the Air Force Test Center commander, passed the wing guidon to Col. Christopher Azzano as the wing's new leader. The wing bid farewell to

  • Final Tyndall QF-4 takes off

    The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, flew its final QF-4 Phantom mission May 27 marking the end of almost 20 years at Tyndall.Two QF-4 full-scale aerial targets took off around 10:15 a.m. and were successfully destroyed about 30 minutes later by

  • Views, surprises from Eglin's Aero Club

    Airman 1st Class Courtney Mitchell got more than a bird's eye view of the Emerald Coast, when her boyfriend, Airman 1st Class Richard Caesar, surprised her with an Aero Club orientation flight here May 25, Memorial Day.At an altitude of 1,100 feet on the overcast morning, she also got an engagement