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  • Eglin doctors give special tactics Airmen jumpstart back to service

    Fulfilling the duties of U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen is no easy task. Every day, these operators put their bodies through extremes to accomplish their mission:  enabling global access, precision strike and personnel recovery, anywhere, anytime.However, this constant strain often leads to

  • The Breeze to close for renovations

    The Breeze Dining Facility will close Nov. 1, for several months to complete the final phase of renovations.The facility closed in 2013 for renovations, which were part of an Air Force-wide Food Transformation Initiative. Now, funding is available to finish the job."We were fortunate in that

  • Paddle boarding continues with good weather

    Eglin continues to bask in summer fun due to warm temperatures and its close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico. One way base families take advantage of Florida's humid subtropical climate and location is to try a new water sport.The 96th Force Support Squadron's Outdoor Recreation Center will host

  • AF ensures command visibility on substantiated sex-related offenses

    Air Force officials announced a new policy requiring the inclusion and command review of information on sex-related offenses in personnel service records Sept. 30.The change was directed in the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, requiring the services to document this information

  • First DOD general officer completes F-35 qualification training

    When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down here around 1 p.m., Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter.Silveria, the commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis

  • Wing vice director says goodbye after 30 years

    At the end of this month, the 96th Test Wing's vice director calls it a career with his official retirement after 30 years of service to the Air Force. Dennis Mattson, who joined Eglin's senior leadership in 2009, said he was glad he could complete his career here with Eglin's strong tie to his

  • EOD's robots on Air Force ranges' most wanted list

    If a human eye could be close enough to see the robot tearing up a target on Eglin's range, it may just think it's witnessing a terrifying scene from a Hollywood movie.However, the only "disguise" involved when these drones are in action are the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance

  • EOD welcomes home last Army support team

     When a team of explosive ordnance disposal technicians returned from deployment Sept. 14, they closed the final chapter in a mission that lasted more than a decade.Family, co-workers and friends of Tech Sgt. Joseph Burke, Staff Sgt. Michael Edwards and Senior Airman Joshua Frehner, assigned to the

  • Team Target hits QF-16 mark

    The Air Force's newest aerial target took a major step toward preparing warfighters downrange with a realistic 4th generation replication of what they may face on the battlefield. The first unmanned QF-16 Viper struck down over the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 5 was part of a joint effort between the Test

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a