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  • Maintainers compete for load crew of year

    The two best teams from the 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron faced off Jan. 13 to see who'd take the title of load crew of the year for 2011.Temperatures around 40 degrees and the unlucky "Friday the 13th" didn't seem to affect the confidence of the two crews led by Staff Sgt. Anthony Childers and

  • New Child Development Center opens

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Child Development Center was held here Jan. 13. The CDC opened to care for children Jan. 17. The $11 million project was funded through Base Realignment and Closure, to accommodate the relocation of families from the 7th Special Forces Group and the arrival of

  • EOD documentary inspires young Sailors

    As training began at the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal here Jan 3, discussion topics included the final episode of season one of "Bomb Patrol Afghanistan," airing just after Christmas on the G4 Network.The series is the first series to follow the deployment of a platoon of EOD Sailors

  • Senior engineer named an AFRL fellow

    Dr. David Lambert, a senior mechanical engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate's damage mechanisms branch, was recently named an AFRL fellow.The recognition acknowledges Lambert as an expert among his peers within his field. He is one of only four AFRL scientists to have

  • F-35B maintainer trains to be part of aviation history

    As the Marine Corps celebrates its centennial of aviation this year, a member of the 33d Fighter Wing became a part of that history having recovered the first F-35B Lightning II, here, Jan. 11. After quick hand signals to the pilot, and well placed steps to clear the engine exhaust, Gunnery Sgt.

  • Marine F-35Bs delivered to Eglin, Warlords

    A resolution to be even more expeditionary will be met this year, now that Marines here received their first two F-35B Lightning II variants of DoD's fifth generation fighter Jan. 11.At the 33rd Fighter Wing, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 is the home for the new aircraft where its