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  • Eglin welcomes new test wing commander

    The 96th Test Wing welcomed its new commander June 4 in a change of command ceremony here before its personnel, family and friends.Maj. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the Air Force Test Center commander, passed the wing guidon to Col. Christopher Azzano as the wing's new leader. The wing bid farewell to

  • Black Hawk crash investigation findings released

    The joint investigation into the crash of the Louisiana National Guard's 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment UH-60M Black Hawk in the Santa Rosa Sound near Hurlburt Field, Florida, which resulted in the death of four Guardsmen and 7 U.S. Marines on March 10, has been

  • Eglin commander bids farewell after five years of leadership

    Pride, innovation and ingenuity are some of the characteristics Brig. Gen. David A. Harris uses to define the Airmen he led as the last Air Armament Center vice commander and first 96th Test Wing commander.During his tenure as the installation commander, the 29-year veteran handled one of the most

  • Final Tyndall QF-4 takes off

    The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, flew its final QF-4 Phantom mission May 27 marking the end of almost 20 years at Tyndall.Two QF-4 full-scale aerial targets took off around 10:15 a.m. and were successfully destroyed about 30 minutes later by

  • New leader takes helm of Armament Directorate

    Team Eglin recently welcomed Brig. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris as the Program Executive Officer for Weapons and director of the Armament Directorate.With a $68 billion portfolio of all life cycle activities for air-delivered munitions, Morris' responsibilities span across several capabilities, to include

  • Views, surprises from Eglin's Aero Club

    Airman 1st Class Courtney Mitchell got more than a bird's eye view of the Emerald Coast, when her boyfriend, Airman 1st Class Richard Caesar, surprised her with an Aero Club orientation flight here May 25, Memorial Day.At an altitude of 1,100 feet on the overcast morning, she also got an engagement

  • 96th Test Wing change of command set

    The 96th Test Wing change of command ceremony will occur here June 4th at 10 a.m.Col. Christopher Azzano will assume command of the wing from Brig. Gen. David Harris. Azzano, an Air Force Intern Program graduate and Legislative Fellow, was the commander of the 72nd Air Base Wing at Tinker Air Force