Memorial Trail to get facelift

The 96th Civil Engineer Group will soon take the thrill out of driving to the base commissary on Memorial Trail.Anyone who's driven Memorial Trail is familiar with the rollercoaster-like dips between the base commissary and the FamCamp. Hit the dip at the right speed and you might feel like you're

Traffic pattern changes begin near West gate

The 96th Civil Engineer Group advises motorists coming onto or leaving the base through the West gate to take note as they approach the West gate chapel on Eglin Boulevard. They will soon experience new traffic patterns to increase safety.The road work is expected to be finished July 10 and new

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Physicians graduate from family medicine residency program

The  lengthy process of the education and training required to practice Air Force medicine ended for nine family medicine residents with a June 26 graduation ceremony at the Air Force Armament Museum."The privilege of practicing Air Force medicine is earned through a highly competitive process. 

31st TES F-35s take on Green Flag

 F-35A Lightning IIs from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron played the U.S. Army's primary close air support platform during the latest iteration of the Green Flag exercise, GF 15-08, as the Air Force's program works toward its goal of declaring initial operational capability by the end of this

Marine graduates AF's only F-35 intelligence course

The first U.S. Marine Corps officer graduated the Air Force's only F-35 Lightning II Intelligence Formal Training Unit course here June 24.The formal course combines fifth-generation fighter-specific and general intelligence academics applicable to the F-35 and the low observable global strike

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver hosts youth football camp

Military children from local installations received a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train with and like the pros.Partnering with Proctor and Gamble, Steve Smith, a wide receiver with the Baltimore Ravens, hosted a pro football camp for 150 first through eighth graders at the Eglin Youth Center

19 years later, 19 still remembered

In keeping with tradition, the men and women of the 33rd Fighter Wing held the 19th Khobar Towers memorial ceremony here, June 25, to remember 12 fallen Nomads and seven other service members.On June 25, 1996, a truck-bomb was detonated adjacent to Khobar Tower in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that

NORTHERN EDGE provides environment for testing new capabilities

With 18 experiments and initiatives undergoing field testing in Alaskan training ranges throughout Exercise Northern Edge 15, no other venue is as well suited for high-end operational testing."Northern Edge airspace is unique for us in a testing environment because it has a lot of joint players and

Air Force couple heal, touch lives with 'Tiny' stitches

For nearly two years, they've collected and crocheted handmade blankets to help cancer patients in South Carolina.  But it all began with a 'tiny' idea.Tech. Sgt. Antonio Ruth, a command chief executive with the 33rd Fighter Wing and his wife, Master Sgt. Candace Ruth, with the 53rd Wing, use