• Survey will assess Eglin community well-being

    Invitations to take the 2011 Air Force Community Assessment will be sent out Jan. 25. The assessment is designed to assist  people working at installation-level helping facilites better meet the needs of service members and their families."This important survey provides ... a means to ensure that

  • Archbishop visits Eglin chapel

    Eglin's Chapel had the unique opportunity to sponsor a four-star equivalent's visit to the installation but the distinguished guest is not a general in America's military nor does he wear the uniform.The "red carpet" was rolled out for Archbishop Timothy Broglio who leads the Archdiocese for the

  • F-16s bring 'battle rhythm' to JSF wing

    After 17 months of silence, the 33rd Fighter Wing flight line finally roared back to life Jan. 13. The 33rd Fighter Wing received four F-16s from the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, Ariz.  The jets will help establish a "battle rhythm," as the wing stands up the first Joint Training Center for the

  • Eglin MLK event reflects change and diversity

    96th Air Base Wing commander, Col. Sal Nodjomian summed up this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. program in one word...inspirational.This year's event, held Jan. 12, was filled with diversity, the very thing Dr. King preached to the masses.Eglin's honor guard opened the scene, followed by live

  • Restoration officials go “Heavy Metal”

    Eglin Environmental Restoration officials are turning into real heavy metal artists - literally. The Restoration Branch is shredding their way through 50,000 practice bombs and, so far, has recycled more than one million pounds of metal from the BDU 33's and Mark 106's.The effort is part of the Air

  • F-4 continues long-time service to Air Force with new mission

    The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron here is replacing the use of Lear jets for their banner tow missions with the F-4 Phantom, creating an air-to-air target that aircrews in training can safely evaluate, develop and test their weapons systems. "We developed the idea to use the F-4 for the banner tow

  • Test Wing major brings Disney marathon to Iraq

    Maj. Devin Traynor, test pilot for the 46th Test Wing's Operations Group, and his wife Lynette just completed Disney's half marathon together while 7,000 miles apart Jan. 8. Through Disney's and the United States Forces Iraq audio visual technology, Mrs. Traynor was able to begin and finish this

  • Ready, Set, Zumba

    Hips shake energetically to Latin beats, swivel seductively to hip-hop lyrics and sway softly to mainstream pop ballads. Sweat hits the floor and water bottles are emptied at rapid speeds. Welcome to Zumba.Zumba is the newest exercise program gaining popularity and proves to be very successful.

  • Help Eglin recycle: what to know

    As all of Team Eglin begins pitching in with trash disposal and recycling, the Eglin Recycle Center would like to ensure personnel know what is and is not recyclable.The public squares are set in buildings throughout the base to collect recyclables. Each one is labeled to collect a certain material.

  • 96 MDG eyes second basketball title

    The 2011 intramural basketball season playoffs began here Jan. 10 with the 96th Medical Group posting a decisive 65-43 win over the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron.The 96 MDG, seeking a second consecutive intramural basketball title, were seeded number one of the eight teams