Bi-annual PT testing has arrived

Are you due to test?That's the question base officials are asking active duty Air Force members, now that the new bi-annual fitness testing has started."Eglin warriors need to know when they need to take their PT test," said Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Westermeyer, 96th Air Base Wing command chief. "It

Marine takes helm of Air Force wing

Duty of commanding the 33rd Fighter Wing falls to Marine Col. Arthur Tomassetti, while the Air Force commander attends a professional military education course. "I am humbled to have been entrusted with commanding the 33rd FW in the commander's absence, humbled not because he trusted me to run the

Base initiatives help with peak traffic flow

Eglin mom of seven continues military family tradition

She was a 45 year-old married, stay-at-home mom of seven children and caring for an elderly uncle. Living in South Berwick, Maine -- her life was content. Flash forward three years and she is a captain in the U.S. Air Force working as a trauma nurse at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq."If you would

Afghan children visit Kandahar, see partnership between Afghans, coalition forces

More than 200 Afghan children from local Kandahar City schools visited the Afghan National Army Air Corps on Kandahar Airfield Dec. 31 to see hangars, helicopters and other items operated by the ANAAC. As an added bonus, they received backpacks that contained school supplies and candy that had been

JSF building construction continues despite cold

Airmen brave below freezing temps, wind chill to run base 5K

Service calls increase as cold weather sets in

The cold weather snap has people shivering and workers scrambling to keep the base's infrastructure in good operating order.Responsible for the calls of power out or no heat is the 796th Civil Engineer Squadron's Service Call section. Roger Nelson is one of three work controllers answering more than

Maintainers endure weather to put aircraft in air

Eglin warriors receive surprise promotion

Recently, four Team Eglin warriors received an extra special holiday surprise - a promotion, via the Stripes for Exceptional Performers program."The program is for star performers who are having a little trouble with testing," said Chief Master Sgt. William Harner, Jr., 53rd Wing command chief. "It