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  • Military maintainers qualify in F-35A flight inspections

    The first group of military maintainers at the 33rd Fighter Wing recently qualified in numerous F-35A flight inspections by a uniformed certifier, a task only civilian certifiers initially were contracted to support."This first-ever Air Force to Air Force on-the-job training event is an important

  • Cops claim championship

    The 96th Security Forces Squadron beat the Air Armament Center Directorate 19-14 to win the intramural flag football championship game Dec. 15.The SFS team, who won the title in 2008, had a 6-0 record going in to the final game of the single-elimination playoff, while AAC entered the matchup at 8-1.

  • 46th Ops bring Christmas to local families in need

    The Airmen of the 46th Operations Group made the season a little brighter for 14 local families in need Dec. 15. The group's squadrons and staff along with Bruner Middle School adopted the families for the holidays and provided food and gifts for them. The families were identified by the school's

  • Air Force to lift civilian hiring freeze

    The hiring freeze implemented in August will be fully lifted Dec. 15, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. The freeze, preceded by hiring controls, was one of several measures implemented this year to bring manning down to mandated 2010 levels. In addition, voluntary separation incentives

  • Life cycle of AF fuel: to the aircraft & beyond

    (Editors note: this is part three of a three part series about Eglin's petroleum, oil and lubricants flight.)"No one goes without the hose," is one of many popular slogans describing the mission of the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants flight. The "hose" is the

  • Premier space surveillance squadron located at Eglin

    The operators of 20th Space Control Squadron have a big job: carry out round-the-clock space surveillance operations with the world's most powerful radar.The squadron's AN/FPS-85 radar helps the Air Force keep track of more than 22,000 orbiting satellites, which is a dizzying task. The 20th SPCS,

  • 46th Test Wing garners Air Force Award

    The Secretary of the Air Force recently awarded an Air Force Outstanding Unit award to the 46th Test Wing for 2010. This award recognizes the top 10 percent of numbered Air Force units, a distinction the 46th Test Wing has now earned for the past 13 years."We absolutely could not succeed without