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  • Trust and confidence in air-to-ground combat focus of Atlantic Strike

    Joint and coalition warfighters improved their close air support skills during an exercise led by Air Combat Command and U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team at the Avon Park Air Ground Training Complex.Atlantic Strike 10-02 trained warfighters to find, fix,

  • Eglin leader commands OEF skies, returns with Bronze Star

    Another bronze star was born when Lt. Col. Scott Moore, 29th Test Systems Squadron director of operations, was awarded the honor Sept. 17 at a 53rd Wing commanders call.Orchestrating over 77,500 combat sorties generated quite a few memorable moments of the colonel's year-long mission having

  • Eglin soccer team takes championship at Lackland

    Eglin's soccer team won the Defender's Cup at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 6.Eglin's team beat out 17 other military teams to win their third of the four yearly championships they have entered."This tournament is an endurance tournament," said Capt. Robert Wible, team captain. "Most teams

  • Airmen graduate from NCO Academy

    Congratulations to the following Eglin technical sergeants who graduated from the NCO Academy Sept. 9.Distinguished GraduatesDerek Bashow, 96 Logistics Readiness SquadronLaura Small, 96th Aerospace Medicine SquadronCasey Cota, 68 Electronic Warfare SquadronGraduatesNewton Ace, 46th Maintenance

  • Sled park preserves high-speed history

    'Go Mach 10' reads the sign posted along the entrance to the 846th Test Squadron's facilities, and their mission is to operate world-class test facilities for high-speed sled track testing.Their unique mission has allowed them to receive world-wide recognition such as setting and breaking land speed

  • Air Force officials urge OPSEC vigilance

    According to the FBI, fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking sites and spread malicious software. One technique entices users to download an application or view a video that appears to be sent from users' "friends", giving the perception of being legitimate. Once the user

  • F-16 destruction is step toward fighter's new role

    An F-16 Fighting Falcon was blown apart on the range, here Aug. 19.The explosion wasn't due to a crash or accident, but intentionally initiated to test an aerial-target flight termination system. The test was conducted by the 780th Test Squadron and overseen by the QF-16 special program office. The

  • Hoop dreams: Falcon star envisions flight in NBA

    For one Air Force Reservist, the dream of flight isn't pulling Gs in a fighter, but leaping toward the basket over the hardwood court of an NBA arena.So far, the dream has been barely out of reach for Capt. Antoine Hood, but he continues to pursuit of being a professional basketball player."I'm

  • 12-year-old reaches Black Belt at Eglin

    Recently, a 12-year-old dependent graduated to the rank of black belt in Kuk Sool Won, with the training he garnered from taking classes here.Ryan Schweitzer, son of Master Sgt. Kevin Schweitzer, 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, completed the year-and-a-half-long testing process of the

  • ABW commander shares vision for base

    A month ago, Team Eglin welcomed the new 96th Air Base Wing commander to its family.Col. Sal Nodjomian, a career civil engineer, arrived from his position as a Senior Military Assistant, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Installations, Environment and Logistics, Pentagon, Va. That position, and