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  • Acting SecAF visits Eglin

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning visited with Airmen, Sailors and Marines here July 16 as part of his first round of base visits since taking on the role of acting secretary last month.The U.S. Senate confirmed Fanning as the 24th Under Secretary of the Air Force in April. He became

  • Air Force announces officer promotions

    The Air Force announced the following Eglin majors selected for promotion.AF Life Cycle Management CenterLance CampbellJason McMahonTimothy SpauldingAF Operation Test and Evaluation CenterJonathan BuschAlan PenrodAF Research LaboratoryMichael AndersonOperation Flight ProgramSteven Speares33rd

  • Special duties require commander nomination

    The selection process for 10 special duty positions now requires unit commander nomination and hiring authority certification, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The process change implemented this month affects staff sergeant, technical sergeant and master sergeant positions in special

  • Unmanned QF-4 crashes at Tyndall

    An unmanned Air Force QF-4 full-scale aerial target drone, assigned here to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, crashed on the drone runway during take-off at 8:25 a.m. today. No personnel were injured during the incident.Base and local police and safety officials have closed Highway 98 and are

  • Eglin Airman participates in Liberian medical outreach

    A team of Armed Forces of Liberia soldiers, U.S. service members and county health officials conducted a mobile medical outreach mission in Grand Cape Mount County recently. The mobile mission held from July 1 to July 4, 2013, was a first for the AFL medics, who, until now, have been focusing their

  • A couple of promotions

    A couple of 12-year veterans with the 96th Medical Group received some great news June 27 when they discovered both were promoted to technical sergeant.After five tries, high-school sweethearts, Staff Sgts. Anthony and Larrilyn Darif's names were on the coveted list of yearly promotees."It was so

  • Identical twins complete long-awaited reenlistment

    Master Sgt. Antone Scott always wanted his identical twin brother to be a part of one of his reenlistment ceremonies; but for 10 years, timing and location kept them apart. On June 27, when Scott raised his hand to receive the oath for his fifth enlistment, his brother was there to administer

  • 96 TW groups face off in pushup competition

    It was a fierce and tiresome campaign as the Operations Group battled through sweat and fatigue to claim the victory at the first-ever 96th Test Wing pushup competition held June 21 here. "Our first pushup competition was a great success," said Chief Master Sgt. Marcus Snoddy, the 96th TW command