HomeNews

  • Duke team strikes out Eglin bowling champions

    Three wing personnel and four other members became this year's Eglin Air Force Base Bowling Champions when they rose from being one of the lowest ranking teams midway to defeating the base' s reigning champions in a tournament that ended May 29. Master Sgts. Steven Bicknell and Jeffrey Norton, 919th

  • Air Force, Navy fighter squadrons team for dissimilar training

    The blue flights caps were the first sign something different had landed here. The 60th Fighter Squadron from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., deployed 16 F-15Cs and more than 200 personnel June 15 for two weeks of dissimilar air combat training as an exercise in joint training

  • Military members target of bank phising scam

    The Air Force Network Operations Center, Intelligence and Reconnaissance Division (AFNOC-IRD) has recently identified new attempts at targeting military members with military-affiliated bank phishing scams. Mass email spamming is the fastest growing email scam known as "phishing". Currently,

  • Academy cadets visit Eglin for Operation Air Force

    Nearly 75 Academy cadets will call Eglin Air Force Base home for three weeks this summer as they participate in Operation Air Force, a summer learning program to provide cadets with day-to-day experiences and knowledge of the Air Force. The first wave of 25 rising sophomore, junior and senior cadets

  • Eglin tightens water consumption

    Effective immediately, Col. Dean Clemons, 96th Air Base Wing commander, has mandated that Eglin personnel living on base comply with the water conservation guidelines set forth by the Northwest Florida Water Management District. In a press release distributed earlier this month, Water Management

  • Law enforcement slows down traffic

    On-base drivers couldn't help but notice an active 96th Security Forces presence on the roadways around the base last week. Active-duty personnel and Department of Defense police from the squadron were out in force, and in plain sight, Thursday and Friday, to enforce the posted speed limits from

  • Patriotic legacy remembered for fallen patriot

    More than 1,300 total stripes and 5,000 total stars were held proudly by community members on Flag Day for eleven years from 1995-2006 under the watchful eye of a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. For 11 years, retired Lt. Col. Pete Straub organized a gathering of 75 to 100 U.S. flags each year

  • AF announces master, technical sergeant promotion rates

    The Air Force selected 6,002 of 24,115 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant, and 7,314 of 39,797 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant. The master sergeant selection rate, 24.89 percent, rose 5.03 percent from last year, while this year's technical

  • Secret to good customer service is no 'Mystery' at the BX

    Operating more than 3,100 facilities in more than 35 countries and 49 states requires the Army & Air Force Exchange Service to employ a variety of methods to track and improve customer service. AAFES' customer service department, for example, is engaged in an ongoing dialog with more than 11.5