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  • 'Miracle Baby' defies odds, makes global headlines

    It took one photo to capture the hearts of thousands and one pregnancy to bring a community together.Master Sgt. Michael Whitney, 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron maintenance flight chief, and his wife, Sarah, were expecting their third child. At seven weeks along, Sarah noticed a lump on her left

  • AFMC's Wingman Intervention program going strong

    More than a year after it was introduced, Air Force Materiel Command's Wingman Intervention program is still going strong."During the spring 2013 Wingman Day, AFMC made a concerted effort to provide its Airmen with the skills and confidence they need to safely intervene when they see fellow Airmen

  • Honorary commander takes to the skies

    It's not every day you get to pull 8.3 Gs and "drop a bomb" on your house, but May 7, Whitney Smith experienced just that.Smith, the honorary commander for the 53rd Wing, had the opportunity to fly in an F-15E Strike Eagle piloted by Maj. William Wooten, of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron.

  • DEI_First female F-35 pilot begins training

    The Department of Defense welcomed its first female F-35 Lightning II pilot here May 5.Lt. Col. Christine Mau, 33rd Fighter Wing Operations Group deputy commander, completed her first training flight in the single-seat fifth-generation fighter following 14 virtual training missions in the full

  • Emergency Services earns accreditation from global program

    Eglin Fire Emergency Services recently received "Accredited Agency" status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for meeting the criteria established through the organization's voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program."Achieving CFAI Accredited Agency Status is a lengthy

  • Team Eglin ensures wounded warriors welcome on base

    The introductory adaptive and rehabilitation camp and Warrior Games training held here April 13-22 required preparation, coordination and cooperation from several base agencies to insure both events' success.    The 96th Test Wing was contacted in December 2014 with support requests to host the

  • Caregivers mirror wounded warrior struggles

    Megan Fugitt was enjoying life as a newly-wed when in an instant, she went from being a wife to a caregiver.Fugitt's husband, Chris, a former Airman with the 96th Maintenance Squadron here, was on the mend of a kidney renal infarction in 2013 when he suddenly suffered a stroke as a result of blood

  • Career-ending injury leads Airman to new calling

    When a career-ending injury halted then-Staff Sgt. Daniel Crane's promising military career, he almost gave in to the anger and depression that threatened to overtake him.In 2012, Crane, assigned to the 736th Security Forces Squadron in Guam, had just completed a three-day security mission.  The

  • Wounded Warrior training camp begins

    The Air Force Warrior Games training camp began here today following the adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp last week. More than 40 athletes arrived Friday to participate in the training camp.  Three Wounded Warriors moved on from the adaptive camp to the training camp."We saw a week of healing

  • Eglin Airman participates in adaptive camp

    Like the aircraft he used to load and test bombs on before circumstances abruptly ended his career, a retired 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airman is a fighter.Two years after complications from a massive stroke forced Senior Airman Chris Fugitt to retire from the Air Force, his warrior spirit