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  • Memorial held for Eglin's fallen Airman

    Just four days after the death of Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen, her squadron commander took her special agent badge to the beach to take some photos.  Lt. Col. Pamela Alley was capturing some shots of water rolling over Badge 1502, when a large wave broke and swept it out into the Gulf.  Alley said

  • Nomad's legacy in Desert Storm

    The Nomads have a heritage of air dominance, none more notable than their actions in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm where they secured the first aerial victories of the Gulf War.In August 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait to annex the country's rich oil reserves, President George H. W. Bush

  • Eglin honors MLK Day as day of service

    The annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. observance ceremony was held at the Air Armament Museum Jan. 14.  The message for this year's event focused on service to community and building unity within the nation.Lt. Col. Sherrol James, 96th Medical Group chaplain, the guest speaker, delivered her

  • Local memorial set for Eglin's fallen Airman

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations 9th Field Investigations Squadron invites base personnel to a memorial in honor of Special Agent (Maj.) Adrianna M. Vorderbruggen Jan. 21, at 1 p.m.The service is at the Soundside Club main ballroom, 107 Kissam St., Bldg. 90910 at Hurlburt Field.  It is

  • Test teams aim at new machine gun for Pave Hawk

    Arriving in the rain, an HH-60G Pave Hawk landed here Jan. 5 to begin testing the ballistic dispersion of a GAU-21 .50-caliber machine gun.The Pave Hawk will be here until Jan. 22 where the 412th Test Wing and 418th Flight Test Squadron are providing the facilities, range safety, photographic

  • Medical Group first to find bacteria unseen in humans

    The 96th Medical Group's laboratory provided the first-ever human-blood sample of a spirochete bacteria, known to cause tick-borne relapsing fever to be cultured at the Centers for Disease Control.The bacteria, borrelia turicatae, had previously only been cultured in animals, according to Maj. (Dr.)

  • Wingman Toolkit supports Comprehensive Airman Fitness

    Comprehensive Airman Fitness is built on the four domains of fitness -- physical, mental, social and spiritual. CAF is a top-level priority in the Air Force, and it is essential for individuals to be fit across all four domains.Gen. Mark Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, said,