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  • 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

  • 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,