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  • F-35B lifts off for first flight at Eglin

    An F-35B Lightning II made its first flight at Eglin Air Force Base today, two months after 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing officially introduced the Marine Corps' fifth generation fighter to the world at the 33rd Fighter Wing."Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 has had an exciting year with the

  • Critical Days of Summer safety campaign begins

    The Critical Days of Summer safety campaign kicked off May 17 at the enlisted hall with safety briefings on drinking and driving, swimming, traffic and boating. Maj. Gen. Kenneth Merchant, the Air Armament Center commander, was the first of five speakers. While encouraging the attendees to enjoy the

  • AFRL teams compete to solve real-world problems

    Two teams of junior force personnel drawn from across Air Force Materiel Command are hard at work on the Air Force Research Laboratory's 7th annual Commander's Challenge, a six-month competition during which teams focus on developing a viable technology solution to a pressing, real-world warfighter

  • Eglin Airmen visits Kyrgyzstan "babushkas"

    Babushka, in Russian, means grandmother or elder woman and is common terminology in Kyrgyzstan. The volunteers are members of the Manas Area Benefit Outreach Society that sponsors 10 babushkas in the local area. Each babushka is given a quarterly stipend of approximately 2,300 soms that equates to

  • B-1 aircrews employ laser JDAMS during Combat Hammer

    For the first time in history, B-1 aircrews from Ellsworth employed laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions against moving targets during a Weapon System Evaluation Program exercise May 14 to 16.Aircrews from the 37th Bomb Squadron "Tigers" and 34th BS "Thunderbirds" employed six GBU-54 laser JDAMs

  • Eglin announces newest master sergeants

    Air Force officials selected 5,464 of 19,809 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a 27.58 percent selection rate. The average score for those selected was 332.85, with an average time in grade of 4.43 years and time in service of 15.58 years respectively.Congratulations