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  • Eglin Airmen selected for promotion

    The Air Force selected more than 3,800 technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant today. The 3,841 selected represent 18.71 percent of the 20,528 eligible.The average score for those selected was 350.21. Selectees' average time in grade is 4.38 years and time in service is 15.27. The

  • F-35A instructor pilots qualify in aerial refueling

    The initial cadre of F-35A Lightning II instructor pilots qualified in aerial refueling last week, adding another capability for student pilot training at the 33rd Fighter Wing's F-35 Integrated Training Center here."Eleven pilots had flown 14 refueling missions across the boom with the help of a

  • Eglin honors, bids farewell to 728 ACS

    The "Demon nation" is on the move again.Since June 1994, the 728th Air Control Squadron "Demons" maintained a home next the 33rd Fighter Wing and now it is closing its doors, moving everyone and equipment to where the Air Force needs them. During an official inactivation ceremony here May 17, their

  • Eglin streamlines flying operations

    Residents from Freeport to Navarre will likely soon notice several significant changes to flight operations involving all military aircraft flying in Eglin airspace. Base officials announced this week a major revision to the noise abatement and safety procedures directed in the base's formal

  • Memorial honors fallen Airman

    A single, stone monument stands alone between two benches. It symbolizes the hero one family loved and lost.In an official ceremony, the monument was dedicated as memorial to Staff. Sgt. Patrick Griffin, the only Eglin Airman killed in combat during OPERATION Iraqi Freedom.Family and friends joined

  • Eglin begins 101 critical days campaign

    Hundreds of Airmen gathered at the Eglin Enlisted Hall most likely expecting to hear tales of horror, frightening life-changing-events that seemed to interrupt a victim's innocent plans of fun in the sun. Instead, base leadership rallied the "troops" May 15 to inform the Team Eglin family about

  • Hagel memo directs preparations for civilian furloughs

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today that he has signed a memorandum directing defense managers to prepare to furlough most Defense Department civilian employees for up to 11 days between July 8 and the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.Here is the text of the memo in its entirety:This memo