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  • Maintainers compete for load crew of year

    The two best teams from the 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron faced off Jan. 13 to see who'd take the title of load crew of the year for 2011.Temperatures around 40 degrees and the unlucky "Friday the 13th" didn't seem to affect the confidence of the two crews led by Staff Sgt. Anthony Childers and

  • New Child Development Center opens

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Child Development Center was held here Jan. 13. The CDC opened to care for children Jan. 17. The $11 million project was funded through Base Realignment and Closure, to accommodate the relocation of families from the 7th Special Forces Group and the arrival of

  • F-35B maintainer trains to be part of aviation history

    As the Marine Corps celebrates its centennial of aviation this year, a member of the 33d Fighter Wing became a part of that history having recovered the first F-35B Lightning II, here, Jan. 11. After quick hand signals to the pilot, and well placed steps to clear the engine exhaust, Gunnery Sgt.

  • Marine F-35Bs delivered to Eglin, Warlords

    A resolution to be even more expeditionary will be met this year, now that Marines here received their first two F-35B Lightning II variants of DoD's fifth generation fighter Jan. 11.At the 33rd Fighter Wing, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 is the home for the new aircraft where its

  • Military maintainers qualify in F-35A flight inspections

    The first group of military maintainers at the 33rd Fighter Wing recently qualified in numerous F-35A flight inspections by a uniformed certifier, a task only civilian certifiers initially were contracted to support."This first-ever Air Force to Air Force on-the-job training event is an important

  • Cops claim championship

    The 96th Security Forces Squadron beat the Air Armament Center Directorate 19-14 to win the intramural flag football championship game Dec. 15.The SFS team, who won the title in 2008, had a 6-0 record going in to the final game of the single-elimination playoff, while AAC entered the matchup at 8-1.

  • 46th Ops bring Christmas to local families in need

    The Airmen of the 46th Operations Group made the season a little brighter for 14 local families in need Dec. 15. The group's squadrons and staff along with Bruner Middle School adopted the families for the holidays and provided food and gifts for them. The families were identified by the school's

  • Life cycle of AF fuel: to the aircraft & beyond

    (Editors note: this is part three of a three part series about Eglin's petroleum, oil and lubricants flight.)"No one goes without the hose," is one of many popular slogans describing the mission of the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants flight. The "hose" is the

  • Premier space surveillance squadron located at Eglin

    The operators of 20th Space Control Squadron have a big job: carry out round-the-clock space surveillance operations with the world's most powerful radar.The squadron's AN/FPS-85 radar helps the Air Force keep track of more than 22,000 orbiting satellites, which is a dizzying task. The 20th SPCS,

  • Marine Toys for Tots becoming community event

    Local Marines in their dress blues can be seen out in force every weekend in December gathering support and most importantly, toys - for their annual Toys for Tots program.Marines from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 and Navy EOD school, stationed here, teamed up again for the second