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  • Marine Toys for Tots becoming community event

    Local Marines in their dress blues can be seen out in force every weekend in December gathering support and most importantly, toys - for their annual Toys for Tots program.Marines from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 and Navy EOD school, stationed here, teamed up again for the second

  • November Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boyEzekiel Urias, born Nov. 2 to Senior Airman Lucas and Mary LemoineJonathan L., born Nov. 4 to Staff Sgt. Jonathan and Crystal GochenouerJonathan Daniel Gibson, born Nov. 14 to Patrick and Holly

  • Christmas comes early to Eglin families

    The Airmen's Attic transformed into Santa's workshop Nov. 30, bringing Christmas early to hundreds of service members and their family.Parents lined up as early as 4 a.m. in hopes of finding the perfect gift for their little girls and boys.Volunteers became Santa's elves and helped to organize more

  • Life cycle of AF fuel: the cleaner, the better

    (Editor's note: this is part two of a three part series about Eglin's petroleum, oil and lubricants flight.)Fuel contamination can bring a base's mission to a halt. Too much water or sediment in the Air Force's primary fuel, JP-8, is the same as having no fuel at all. That's why the JP-8 is

  • Life cycle of AF fuel: onto base and into storage

    (Editors note: this is part one of a three-part series about Eglin's petroleum, oil and lubricants flight.)Every two weeks, a slow-moving barge from Houston moves down Weekly Bayou to deliver its contents to the base. Hydraulic arms swing out and connect; the golden fluid is pumped up, out, down