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  • Air Armament Academy offers classes in April

    The Air Armament Academy offers classes in College of Installation Sustainment and Management, College of Acquisition, College of Science and Technology and College of Test and Evaluation. Classes are added frequently. For up-to-date information, class details and registration go to

  • Civil engineers fire up barbecues for deployers, families

    The 96th Civil Engineer Squadron fired up the barbecues and treated their deploying members and the families to a cookout on the eve of their deployments. To give them a proper send off and to meet their families, volunteers and co-workers cooked hamburgers, hotdogs and sausages on the grills. More

  • Eglin Airmen prepare for air show with night-MARE scenarios

    Eglin Airmen watched as their worst fears played out in front of them April 3 on the flightline. They had their emergency response skills put to the test during a major accident readiness exercise with an F-16 Fighting Falcon crash simulation as the base readies itself to host the 2007 Eglin Air

  • Eglin ALS graduates 60 senior airmen

    The Airman Leadership School here graduated 60 senior airmen in a ceremony at the Eglin Officers' Club Mar. 28. Airman Leadership School is an approximately six week-long Air Force program designed to develop airmen into effective front-line supervisors. It is the first professional military

  • AFSOC scores safety trifecta

    Safety officials at Air Force Special Operations Command have a pleasant problem: finding room for more trophies in the display case. AFSOC dominated the 2006 Air Force safety award program, garnering the service's top awards for best major command safety record, most effective MAJCOM-level flight

  • Private vehicle registration discontinued

    After much anticipation and speculation, Eglin and Hurlburt Field security forces will no longer issue Department of Defense Form 2220s, more commonly known as vehicle registration decals; nor will possession of decals be required for entry on either base. Although Eglin and Hurlburt are two of only

  • Lieutenant experiences 'living history' with B-17 skydive

    A U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress that dropped seeds of war over Germany during World War II, dropped a different payload March 3 over the beaches of the Emerald Coast - to include an Air Force lieutenant who wanted to relive history. During World War II, B-17 Flying Fortresses dropped more

  • Falcons reach NIT final four in NYC

    Air Force handily won its first two games in the National Invitation Tournament, but had to survive a nail biter to advance to the semifinals. Jacob Burtschi's lay up with 7.7 seconds left was the game winner as the Falcons held on for a dramatic 52-51 win over DePaul March 21, in front of an

  • Airman earns spot in new nationwide speaking tour

    An Airman from the 33rd Fighter Wing is one of two Air Force members selected for a new Department of Defense outreach program. Capt. Michael Frasco, a flight commander in the wing's 33rd Maintenance Operations Squadron, joins representatives from each military service in the "Why We Serve" Speakers

  • Life support wins ACC Small Program of the Year award

    The 33rd Fighter Wing Life Support Section was selected from eight other units as the 2006 winner of the Air Combat Command Small Program of the Year Award. This section, composed of 58th and 60th Fighter Squadron Life Support Airmen, overcame manning challenges to win the award as there were times