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  • Enlisted nominees to compete for Outstanding Airmen of the Year honors

    Forty enlisted members assigned to various Air Force Materiel Command units will compete for AFMC Outstanding Airmen of the Year honors April 26. This year's ceremony will be held at Eglin AFB, Fla. It marks the first time the event will take place at a location other than Wright-Patterson AFB since the Air Force established AFMC in 1992. "The
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    Air Armament Academy offers classes in April

    The Air Armament Academy offers classes in College of Installation Sustainment and Management, College of Acquisition, College of Science and Technology and College of Test and Evaluation. Classes are added frequently. For up-to-date information, class details and registration go to https://afkm.wpafb.af.mil/ASPs/CoP/OpenCoP.asp?Filter=OO-ED-AA-A2

  • Airmen promoted below the zone

    Congratulations to the following Airmen First Class who were promoted below the zone: 33rd Fighter Wing Nicholas Chase Jerome Holley Colleen Martling Rachael Marzette Heather McKnight William Pence 46th Test Wing Bradley Akins Marteka Gaskins 96th Air Base Wing Luis Gonzalez Colon
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Airmen from the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron fired up the barbecues and treated their deploying members and the families to a cookout on the eve of their deployments. To give them a proper send off and to meet their families, volunteers and co-workers cooked hamburgers, hotdogs and sausages on the grills. More than 35 members from the squadron will be deploying as a team in the next two weeks and many others will deploy within the next two months. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

    Civil engineers fire up barbecues for deployers, families

    The 96th Civil Engineer Squadron fired up the barbecues and treated their deploying members and the families to a cookout on the eve of their deployments. To give them a proper send off and to meet their families, volunteers and co-workers cooked hamburgers, hotdogs and sausages on the grills. More than 35 members from the squadron will be
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Senior Airman Robert Chaney , 96th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 1, takes a photograph of the explosive found on a C-130 during the major accident readiness exercise April 3. The MARE was in preparation for the 2007 Eglin Air Show April 14-15. There were two other incidents that tested Eglin Airmen's emergency response capabilities: a vehicle borne chemical weapon attack and a bomb threat on a C-130 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

    Eglin Airmen prepare for air show with night-MARE scenarios

    Eglin Airmen watched as their worst fears played out in front of them April 3 on the flightline. They had their emergency response skills put to the test during a major accident readiness exercise with an F-16 Fighting Falcon crash simulation as the base readies itself to host the 2007 Eglin Air Show, Heritage to Horizons...Celebrating 60 Years of
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Skipper Kemp, Eglin Youth Center family programs flight chief, throws out the first pitch for the 2007 youth baseball season at Skipper Field April 3. Mr. Kemp, the former director of the Eglin Youth Center for 12 years, was instrumental in creating the baseball fields at Eglin 30 years ago. Skipper Field, formerly known as Field 1, was named after him five years ago in dedication of his work. This was the first time in his 30-year history at the center that Mr. Kemp has thrown out the first pitch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

    Monumental pitch

  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Capt. Amy Budney, an attorney with the 96th Air Base Wing Legal Office, looks over legal paperwork with Hawthorn House resident Monique Fouts. Capt. Budney was one of three attorneys from Eglin who volunteered to help enlisted Air Force widows who live at Hawthorn House in Shalimar, the Air Force Enlisted Village's assisted living residence. The Air Force Enlisted Village provides a home for the surviving spouses of enlisted member at three locations near Eglin: Bob Hope Village, Teresa Village and Hawthorn House. (Photo by Jodi Jordan)

    Lending a helping hand

  • Eglin ALS graduates 60 senior airmen

    The Airman Leadership School here graduated 60 senior airmen in a ceremony at the Eglin Officers' Club Mar. 28. Airman Leadership School is an approximately six week-long Air Force program designed to develop airmen into effective front-line supervisors. It is the first professional military education that enlisted Air Force members encounter. The
  • Special operations forces practice fast roping from an MH-53 Pave Low of the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field Fla. Air Force Special Operations Command dominated the 2006 Air Force safety award program, garnering the service's top awards for best major command safety record, most effective MAJCOM-level flight safety program, and best ground safety program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

    AFSOC scores safety trifecta

    Safety officials at Air Force Special Operations Command have a pleasant problem: finding room for more trophies in the display case. AFSOC dominated the 2006 Air Force safety award program, garnering the service's top awards for best major command safety record, most effective MAJCOM-level flight safety program, and best ground safety program. In
  • Neville Thompson, Air Force Research Laboratory senior electronics engineer, is a recipient of the 2007 Professional Achievement in government Award. Mr. Thompson, assigned to the AFRL Munitions Directorate, received the honor for his outstanding accomplishments during the 21st anniversary of the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference, held Feb. 15 - 17, in Washington D.C.

    Black engineers honored during annual gala

    Neville Thompson, a senior electronics engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, is one of the recipients of the 2007 Professional Achievement in Government Award. Mr. Thompson, assigned to the AFRL Munitions Directorate, received the honor for his outstanding accomplishments during the 21st anniversary of the Black Engineer of the Year Awards
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