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  • Major learns to get back up after fall

    Waking up alone, face down and bleeding, on the sun-baked granite rock after falling face-first 50 feet from the top of a mountain - that's where Air Force Academy Cadet David Garay found himself June 2, 1997, only one day after his 19th birthday.Garay, now a major, lived through the fall and

  • YoAFF ends, base initiatives continue

    Even though the Air Force's Year of the Air Force Family campaign ended July 31, base agencies said they will continue to work together to create the best support to military and civilian families here."Success was clearly defined by our participants," said Lisa Splinter, the installation's point of

  • Child care fees change to maintain quality services

    The Defense Department is adjusting its child care fees, adding categories for its highest income earners, to compensate for six years without fee range increases, Pentagon officials announced July 30.The department's Military and Community Family Policy Office has added three categories to the top

  • Library closes book on successful summer program

    Mission accomplished: Eight weeks, 311 young warriors, 30 programs and...countless books. Operation Read, a military themed summer reading program at the base library, concluded July 30. This year's military theme highlighted the "Year of the Air Force Family" and allowed military children to

  • Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boyJrue Xavier born July 16 to Senior Airmen James and Amanda CriderKyle James, born July 16 to Tech Sgts. Nicholas and Felicia WatkinsBenjamin Isaac, born July 20 to Master Sgt. Kevin and Sue

  • Eglin chosen as preferred alternative F-35 base

    Air Force officials announced July 28 its proposal for basing 59 F-35 Lightning IIs at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The draft supplemental environmental impact statement, which Air Force officials plan to release in September, includes the preferred alternative of basing the 59 F-35 aircraft at Eglin