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  • 96 TW earns "highly effective" on unit effectiveness inspection

    The 96th Test Wing completed a major command-directed unit effectiveness inspection March17-21.The results of the inspection reported the wing rated "highly effective."The inspection process changed significantly from the last UEI with more emphasis on self-inspections. The AFMC inspector general

  • Brave Defender trains Kandahar-bound Airmen

    As a security forces Airman, you've just arrived for your deployment to the Joint Defense Operations Center at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. The Airman you replaced left early so there's no transition period. You've only been at your desk for five minutes when an alarm sounds and bombs are

  • Customers capture data during Sensor Week

    More than 50 organizations gathered on the Eglin range March 3 - 14 for a cost-shared, data collection event known as Sensor Week.These organizations came from across the country for the opportunity to test their electro-optical, infrared and radio frequency sensors and equipment against

  • Eglin Airmen selected for promotion

    Congratulations to the following Eglin Airmen selected for promotion to senior master sergeant:AF Life Cycle Management CenterJoseph MartelAF Research LaboratoryJeffrey Sentell33rd Fighter WingChristopher CalhounRyan EdwardsScott HarrisShawn King53rd WingGregory Brown96th Air Base WingLakisha

  • 82nd ATRS helps rescue boaters

    Tyndall Airmen helped locate a boat in distress March 14, 30 miles south of Cape San Blas, Fla.The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron team was on an E-9A Widget completing their mission when they received a distress call indicating there was a vessel taking in water with four men on board happening in

  • Community Commons' Hangar 3 now open

    Hangar 3, a digital library, opened at Community Commons, Bldg. 825, here Feb. 26. It is co-located with Legends, a casual dining facility.Eglin's Community Commons combines access to 96th Force Support Squadron programs and information into one convenient location, according to Maj. Robert

  • Riding club helps train Soldiers

    The Sand and Spur Riding Club hosted a horse familiarization course for Army explosive ordnance disposal officers in late 2013.Approximately six Soldiers from the U.S. Army EOD Training Detachment participated in the course where they learned grooming, saddling, mounting, riding, packing and knot

  • January status of discipline

    The following disciplinary actions occurred in the month of January. An airman 1st class from the 96th Security Forces Squadron received a reduction in rank to airman and a letter of reprimand for failure to go, damage to nonmilitary property, drunk driving and being incapacitated for duty.An airman

  • AF radar controllers unplug from Kyrgyzstan

    The 376th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron radar air traffic control liaison positions deactivated Jan. 31, 2014, after 10 years of safely sequencing and separating aircraft."This marks the beginning of the drawdown of the EOSS," said Lt. Col. Anthony Salvatore, 376th EOSS commander, who is

  • Mother of a hero

    Ask yourself these questions. What would you do if you were a single parent who lost your only child? How would you cope? How would you feel? Would you be able to handle that?Tech. Sgt. Laurie Jones, the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron NCO in-charge of central storage, discovered the answers to