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  • Team Eglin Celebrates Fourth Annual Wingman Day - Under Banner of Unity

    Foster Stadium will be filled with a sense of excitement Nov. 6 as members from across Team Eglin gather to kick-off the base's annual Wingman Day. Wingman Day, a program established by the Air Force in 2004 to promote safety, has evolved to include physical, emotional, spiritual and social well

  • 46th Test Wing ends summer with bash

    For 46th Test Wing members and their families, summer officially ended with a unit fish fry and beach party Oct. 17. The Summer Bash was held at The Crab Trap and The Swamp, on Okaloosa Island's famous Boardwalk, where more than 1,300 people gathered for the wing event. Col. Gary L. Plumb, 46th Test

  • What is a Powwow?

    To some Native peoples of northeastern North America, a 'Powwow' was originally a man with special abilities to cure or offer advice from the spirit world. Eliot's Natick Dictionary translation of word 'pauwau' was recorded as "a wizard, witch, magician, etc.", but this is not an

  • Weather squadron strives to keep agencies alerted to conditions

    Severe weather conditions like thunderstorms and tropical storms are extremely hazardous to Eglin resources and personnel. They pose potentially life threatening hazards and directly affect operations. Unlike the National Weather Service that is responsible for issuing large scale weather warnings,

  • Air Force releases final F-35 EIS

    Air Force officials announced that the final Environmental Impact Statement addressing the beddown of the Joint Strike Fighter and 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is available for public review. The publication of the notice of availability in the Federal Register begins a 30-day public waiting

  • Eglin units provide free motorcycle riders training course

    As gas prices soared this summer, more people traded in four wheels for two causing a higher demand for motorcycle training, and Eglin stepped in to make sure their Airmen were safe by offering ways to train for free. Air Armament Center's ground safety office worked closely with the Northwest

  • Eglin Energy Conservation Projects promise big savings

    Eglin Air Force Base and Gulf Power will continue their partnership to conserve energy through the implementation of a series of Energy Conservation Projects throughout the base over the next 10 months. As part of a Utility Energy Services Contract, seven ECPs should result in an estimated energy

  • AFMC commander looks to future

    The top officer in Air Force Materiel Command visited Eglin AFB Oct. 8 to speak at the 34th National Defense Industrial Association Symposium. While visiting, Gen. Bruce Carlson took time to reflect on Team Eglin's contributions to the Global War on Terror. "Team Eglin is a critical part of the

  • Drivers advised to be prepared when entering Eglin gates

    When the 96th Security Forces Squadron received an unusually high number of complaints at the gates regarding long lines and delays mid-September, they analyzed the problem to find solutions for stuck drivers. Higher headquarters mandates 100 percent hands-on for all identification cards presented

  • Deployments a way of life for squadron

    Oct. 5, the 96th Security Forces Squadron welcomed home a team of Airmen from a six-month rotation. And while families and fellow Airmen gave them a rousing ovation when they walked through airport security, their commander knows their arrival is just another cycle in what's a continuous deployment