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  • 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

  • '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