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  • General Lanni bids farewell, lauds Team Eglin

    Approximately 160 people expressed their best wishes to Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Lanni and his family during a farewell luncheon held in his honor August 30 at the Eglin Officers' Club. From February 2006 to August 2007, General Lanni served as vice commander of the Air Armament Center here. The

  • Coalition exercise focused on improving combat identification

    The Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team is preparing to deploy with an eight nation coalition to assess technologies in an advanced concept technology demonstration designed to reduce friendly fire incidents and enhance combat effectiveness. JFIIT, a subordinate command of U.S. Joint

  • Air Force discontinues use of base decals

    Air Force officials are working with other services to allow its people to enter installations without requiring them to display a base decal on their vehicles. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley recently ended use of the sticker, officially called a DD Form 2220, on Air Force

  • Task force, Eglin Airmen treat more than 500 Peruvian earthquake victims

    Medical personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras saw more than 500 patients here Aug. 18 and 19 -- including more than 200 in the first three hours of operation -- and expect to see many more in the next week. The medical team deployed from Soto Cano the morning of

  • Eglin Airmen selected for promotion

    Air Force officials selected 15,130 of 36,608 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 41.33 percent, up 5.46 percent from last year. The complete list of selectees will be posted on AFPC's enlisted promotions Web page no later than 3 p.m. CDT Aug. 15. "The

  • Foreign Lottery Scam targets unsuspecting victims

    The Scam: You've won a large sum of money in a foreign lottery you don't remember entering. You receive an official-looking letter notifying you that you've won a foreign lottery and have only a few days to claim your prize. However, to claim the prize you first have to pay the taxes and handling

  • F-15 Eagle dedicated to fallen pilot

     "The father is the hero, or he hopes to be -- Jim was my hero," said Art Duricy, the father of Major Jim Duricy, an Air Force test pilot who had an F-15 Eagle static display aircraft dedicated in his memory at Arnold Air Force Base, Aug. 9. "We are very proud of him - he never ceased to amaze me.

  • Weather balloons keep missions on track

    If people in the local community see an orange parachute slowly drifting through the sky, there's no reason for concern. The parachute is attached to what remains of a balloon that was launched by the 46th Weather Squadron. These balloons play a critical role in the success of many of Eglin's

  • Improved health care plan for reservists starts in October

    Reservists can begin signing up Aug. 11 for more affordable Tricare Select Reserve health care that starts Oct. 1. For some, it means they will pay a third of what they are paying today. "All drilling reservists, including individual mobilization augmentees, will have access to the health-care