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  • An Airman's journey to Wounded Warrior mentorship

    Tech. Sgt. Ryan Delaney couldn't be happier to be a mentor for the introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp that happened this week here.Delaney, a flight chief with the 412th Security Forces Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., helped prepare approximately 45 participants in the camp and

  • Nomads hold first F-35A weapons load competition

    The 33rd Fighter Wing held its first weapons load competition here, April 3, since the 2009 draw down of the F-15C Eagle mission, to determine the best F-35A Lightning II weapons load crew.Earning the title of the best load crew in the 33rd FW was Staff Sgt. Timothy Gaulden, crew six load crew chief

  • Eglin Airmen make Tops in Blue team

    Two Eglin Airmen started training for Tops In Blue, the Air Force's amateur talent showcase at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 23.Airman 1st Class Christine M. David, an administration journeyman and Senior Airman Christopher Hayes, a load crew member, both with the 96th Aircraft

  • Reaper deploys live weapons on maritime training target

    An MQ-9 Reaper successfully hit a sea-going target with an AGM-114 Hellfire missile during a joint service training exercise over the Eglin water range here, March 17.This was the first time a remotely piloted aircraft hit a maritime target."It was the first time we put live weapons into boats and

  • AF mourns loss of 9th Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force

    The ninth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James C. Binnicker passed away March 21 in Calhoun, Ga.Chief Binnicker was born in Orangeburg, S.C., on July 23, 1938. He was a leader and an Airman from the day he first joined the Civil Air Patrol as a high school freshman. His childhood dream was to

  • First production QF-16 arrives at Tyndall

    The first Air Force Lot 1 production QF-16 touched down here March 11. The aircraft fulfills the first of 13 deliveries to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron.  This is the first production QF-16 aircraft to be delivered off of the Drone Peculiar Equipment production line."Today culminates five years

  • E-9A Widget, one of a kind

    The mission of the Air Force is like a highly complex machine. Each piece of the machine is vital to it operating successfully. The E-9A Widget is a very small, yet highly important piece to that machine."It is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated sea-surveillance, telemetry relay and UHF radio relay

  • 21 selected for promotion to senior master sergeant

    Congratulations to all of Team Eglin's Airmen on their selection for promotion to senior master sergeant.The 1,257 selected (Air Force wide) represent a 8.75 percent selection rate, with an average selectee overall score of 680.90. Selectees' average time-in-grade was 4.34 years and time-in-service

  • Eglin celebrates Black History Month

    Eglin community members gathered at the Black History Month luncheon at the Bayview Club Jan. 25 to celebrate this year's theme, "A Century of Black Life, History and Culture."The occasion focused on the invaluable accomplishments and contributions military and civilian African-Americans have made

  • 'Hospital of the Year' celebrates end of construction

    The cold weather couldn't dampen spirits as the 96th Medical Group celebrated the completion of their military construction renovation with a ribbon cutting February 19 here.More than 50 people gathered in the Eglin Hospital parking lot to commemorate the massive undertaking which broke ground in