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  • F-35 fighter takes another step forward

    The Air Force took another step forward with its newest fighter jet when an advanced F-35 Lightning II landed at the service's lead training base, home to the largest fleet of F-35s worldwide.The new stealth fighter kicks off a major training effort at the F-35 schoolhouse on an aircraft with

  • Brave Defender trains Kandahar-bound Airmen

    As a security forces Airman, you've just arrived for your deployment to the Joint Defense Operations Center at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. The Airman you replaced left early so there's no transition period. You've only been at your desk for five minutes when an alarm sounds and bombs are

  • Airmen outrun cold, rain in ultra-marathon

    Two 96th Communications Squadron Airmen went for an early morning jog in the rain May 4 and did not stop until 7 p.m. that night, running more than 50 miles.Airman 1st Class Thomas Church and Senior Airman Chris Gauthier are ultra-marathoners. They were competing in the 2013 Run for Kids Challenge

  • Eglin shoppers "clean up" on savings

    Military shoppers clipped out and cashed in more than $1.5 million in coupons and promotions last year at Army and Air Force Exchanges worldwide.Eglin Exchange shoppers literally "cleaned up" on one of the most successful promotions - a $2 off coupon for Tide, Gain or Cheer detergents. "We were

  • EOD community honors fallen warriors

    The Explosive Ordnance Disposal community hosted its 44th annual EOD Memorial Ceremony May 4 at the Kauffman EOD Training Complex here, where the names of 11 fallen EOD technicians from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force were added to the memorial wall.Chief of Naval Operations, Adm.

  • Eglin munitions unit creates ammo linker for AFSOC

    A new lighter, mobile 30mm ammo linker system is set for delivery to Air Force Special Operations Command units in May.The 89-pound apparatus that feeds 15 unattached 30mm rounds into MK-15 links via a crank system was created and designed by the Airmen of Eglin's Munitions Materiel Handling

  • AFMC embraces new culture of savings

    Air Force Materiel Command leaders are pledging their support for a new money-saving Air Force initiative dubbed Every Dollar Counts.In the wake of sequestration and reduced budgets, the initiative calls on Airmen to submit their money-saving ideas as part of a new culture of savings. "This is an