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  • 91 Eglin Airmen selected for tech sergeant

    More than 5,000 staff sergeants were selected for promotion to technical sergeant, Air Force officials said today. The 5,654 selected represent 15.03 percent of the 37,608 eligible.The average score for those selected was 340.17. Selectees' average time in grade is 5.52 years and time in service is

  • Fallen Nomads remembered at annual Khobar Towers memorial

    Nomads, Team Eglin military, family members and the local community gathered again June 25, at the 33rd Fighter Wing, to remember the Airmen who didn't return home from deployment to Operation Southern Watch 17 years ago. Of those 19 fallen Airmen, 12 were from the wing. An eight-foot granite wall

  • Navy receives first F-35C Lightning II

    The U.S. Navy's Strike Fighter Squadron 101 received the Navy's first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft from Lockheed Martin today at the squadron's home here.The F-35C is a fifth generation fighter, combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, fully fused sensor information,

  • AFMC executive director to retire after 35 years of service

    After a 35-year career that began as a flight test engineer at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dr. Steve Butler will retire from his post as Air Force Materiel Command's executive director June 28 and return once more to Fort Walton Beach.Born and raised in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Butler attended

  • Bloody Business: deployed wing distributes to AOR

    Forward deployed medical professionals are limited to the supplies they have on-hand to provide immediate care to casualties prior to medical evacuation. They are dependent on regular shipments of fresh blood, plasma, cryoprecipitate and dry ice provided by the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group

  • 96 OG wins intramural volleyball title

    The 96th Operations Group won the intramural volleyball championship here June 19, beating the 53rd Wing in a thrilling best three-out-five contest.Both teams battled almost shot-for-shot in the first two games. All of the 53rd Wing's team, with six players and no substitutes, had to stay on the

  • 33d MOS inactivates with Air Force reorg

    The somber inactivation ceremony for the 33d Maintenance Operations Squadron on June 13 here was one of many such events occurring throughout the Air Force. Like the recent 96th MOS inactivation, the 33rd MOS retired its colors as the result of a service decision last year to reorganize maintenance

  • New senior leadership takes charge of 33rd Fighter Wing

    Another career fighter pilot took the helm of the 33rd Fighter Wing June 14 in an official ceremony attended by Team Eglin, their family and community.Col. Todd Canterbury formally accepted the role when he received the wing guidon from Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., commander, Air Education and Training

  • Fleet grows, training increases for F-35

    The largest fleet of F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighters grew to 25 aircraft as the F-35 Integrated Training Center here welcomed two new Air Force F-35A variants of the multi-role fighter to the Emerald Coast, June 5.The expansion gives the 58th Fighter Squadron the ability to fly an expanded

  • 96th MOS furls its guidon at inactivation ceremony

    The 96th Maintenance Operations Squadron furled its guidon June 6 at an inactivation ceremony here.When they were approximately 83 members strong, the 96th MOS "Gryphons" provided premier quality assurance and test planning support for all system tests. They conducted training and