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  • Ceremony set to transition SFW

    Plans are set to celebrate the success of a workhorse weapon in the Air Force arsenal. Government workers and contractors will come together Sept. 24 at the Air Armament Museum to commemorate the transition of the Sensor Fuzed Weapon from the program office here at Eglin AFB to the Ogden Air

  • Majors selected for promotion

    Congratulations to the following majors who were selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel:Air Armament Center Varun Puri 33rd Fighter Wing Gary Beene 46th Test Wing Ted Bloink Christopher Hamilton Edward Harris Jeffrey Mabry 53rd Wing Stephanie Bruce Kevin Calhoun Charles Drouillard Danny Nguyen

  • 'Reach Out! Raise Hope!' theme to 2009 Combined Federal Campaign

    There are more than 470 families in the Fort Walton Beach area without a place to live. Many of them live in cars and wash in public restrooms. Maybe it's someone from church or the cashier working at the local grocery store. No matter who it is, help is needed. Circumstances like these are examples

  • 96th Air Base Wing history spans six decades

    From operational testing to strategic bombing, the 96th Air Base Wing has contributed greatly to our defense of freedom according to Clay McCutchan, historian for the Air Armament Center. The 96th stood up in the midst of World War II. In 1942, it was established as an operational training unit for

  • EOD instructors receive Bronze Stars

    Four explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 366th Training Squadron, Detachment 3 received Bronze Stars during a ceremony Sept. 2 in front of the EOD Memorial at the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School. Family members, instructors, commanders and students joined together in recognizing

  • Eglin team awarded Theodore von Karman Award

    The 308th Armament System Wing's Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition Program team here received the 2009 Air Force Association's Theodore von Karman Award. The award is given for outstanding excellence to national defense in the field of science and engineering in aerospace. The 45-member team, part

  • JFIIT helps Army, AF train with Italian Air Force

    Joint fires experts from U.S. Joint Forces Command assisted Italian Air Force personnel in integrating operations with U.S. Army and Air Force assets during a recent two-week exercise at the National Training Center here. The exercise marked the first time that Italian warfighters have participated

  • Historic hangar showered in foam

    'Splish splash' King Hangar got a bath Sept. 3 when the 96th Civil Engineer Group completed its final foam test of the new fire suppression system designed to protect critical 46th Test Wing assets. The system, which has 24 foam generators suspended from the ceiling, released 110 gallons of the

  • Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boy! Joshua Rhodes, born August 8, to Senior Airman Randy and Rachel Rhodes Caleb Powers, born August 7, to Senior Airman Nathaniel and Jessica Powers Daniel Bailey, born August 4, to Robert Bailey