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  • 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

  • 53rd Wing historian helps create expeditionary wing coin

    Dr. Chuck Merkel, 53rd Wing historian, recently assisted the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in redesigning their commander's coin, which now illustrates past and present elements of the 386th AEW's history. Merkel contributed to the coin's new look through reasearch into the 386th AEW's history, while

  • 53rd Wing takes Combat Hammer, Archer out West in August

    The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group concluded the U.S. Air Force air-to-ground exercise known as Combat Hammer and air-to-air exercise known as Combat Archer this week.From Aug. 11 -22, four units deployed here and three units traveled directly to the Utah Test and Training Range to drop munitions in

  • End of runway crew is first, last stop for Eglin's test aircraft

    The radio cracks to life in a tiny building at the end of the flight line with sayings like "crew ready... crew show... engine start... taxi." "We got taxis," says Tech. Sgt. Arthur Hamblin, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron end-of-runway inspection section NCO-in-charge.It's a call to action for a

  • Flight gives facelift to Eglin's fleet

    Keeping the Air Force's third largest vehicle fleet looking good is not an easy task, but efforts by the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Vehicle Management Flight make that happen. Corrosion control is a priority for the flight, a challenge in Northwest Florida. According to Karen Pinkley, the