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  • First awards ceremony at the JSF ITC marks Nomad history

    The 33d Fighter Wing held its first joint service awards ceremony on May 11 in Nomad Hall to honor the Wing's quarterly award recipients. Officer honorees are chosen from the company grade ranks and enlisted honorees are chosen in junior grade, mid-grade and senior grade categories. All members of

  • Protocol civilian retires, serves 25 years here

    As Eglin celebrates its 75th anniversary, leadership took some time to honor the contributions of one civilian who was here a third of that time span.On May 29, Dave Miller, Air Armament Center deputy chief of Protocol will retire and receive the Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award in

  • 53rd Wing up to UCI challenge

    Months of preparation at the 53rd Wing paid off as the wing received positive feedback for their Unit Compliance Inspection held May 9 -14."While the statistics are interesting, what is not told there is the countless hours of preparation that went into this inspection," said Col. Michael Gantt,

  • Bear necessities for Eglin residents

    Eglin military family housing residents may start getting unannounced visitors trying to dig through their trash soon. As the days become hot and dry, the Florida black bear will occasionally wander into residential neighborhoods looking for a free meal."We would just like to remind people that

  • Eglin begins police week with softball tourney

    Softball teams from four different bases came together to compete in a tournament to raise funds for a memorial in honor of fallen brethren, May 8. In the end, the 96th Air Base Wing Security Forces team from Eglin defeated seven other teams from Tyndall AFB, Keesler AFB and Hurlburt Field, to be

  • Spouses afforded a day of fun, info

    The 2010 Military Spouse Appreciation and HeartLink Reunion Event took place May 7 at Luke's Place on base.The event, once referred to as Magnolia Day attracted spouses from all over the county. Now led by the Airmen Family and Readiness Center, the event was a bit different from the past, but still

  • Center scores high in UCI

    It was standing room only at the Enlisted Hall for the Unit Compliance Inspection out brief today.Commanders and their personnel from the Air Armament Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory, 46th Test Wing and 96th Air Base Wing waited patiently while Maj. Rebecca Cobb, team chief for Air Force

  • AETC commander sees opportunity, innovation at F-35 training wing

    General Stephen R. Lorenz, commander of Air Education and Training Command, visited the 33rd Fighter Wing April 26 to see how the wing is taking "the opportunity to shape the future," training pilots and maintainers on the F-35. "[The wing's mission connects to] not just a larger Air Force mission,

  • Joint F-35 electronic warfare squadron stands up

    The squadron serving as the sole Department of Defense provider of electronic warfare support for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter activated April 23 in a ceremony here. Surrounded by artifacts from the history of airpower in the Air Armament Museum, the 513th Electronic Warfare Squadron stood up as a

  • Son re-enlists MXG chief, father

    When the time came for Chief Master Sgt. Steven Ferrell, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit superintendent, to re-enlist for what will be the final time in his career, the decision on which officer would do the honors was easy. He chose his son.Chief Ferrell's son, 1st Lt. Steve Ferrell, 28th Test and