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  • Mosquitoes can be more than a minor annoyance

    Beware! As temperatures warm, creatures awaken and look to feed on the humans out enjoying the weather.What are these terrible monsters?Mosquitoes. they return in force every year and transmit disease to more than 700 million people all over the world.Northwest Florida residents and tourists are

  • Event caters to spouses on Military Spouse Appreciation Day

    Military spouses face ever-increasing challenges with deployments and frequent moves. In recognition of National Military Spouse Appreciation Day May 8, Eglin Airman and Family Readiness Center will host a fair designed to address the needs of the military spouse. The event will be held at the AFRC

  • Local Air Force OSI stands up Combined Joint Drug Enforcement Team

    The Eglin and Hurlburt Field Air Force Office of Special Investigations has taken the war on drugs to new heights. The 9th Field Investigations Squadron is leading the way with the formation of a combined Joint Drug Enforcement Team between the two installations. This consolidated effort consists of

  • Consolidated help desk makes cents

    Eglin's information technology users will see a change in services that will make sense fiscally and will continue to provide the high level of service users are accustomed to seeing daily. The 96th Communications Group is preparing to consolidate their information technology Client Support

  • AFMC urges swine flu awareness and prevention

    With the recent outbreak of the swine influenza virus infection, or swine flu, Air Force Materiel Command officials are urging individuals to educate themselves about symptoms, and to take precautionary measures that can prevent its spread. As of April 27, the World Health Organization reported 40

  • JSF test plane showcased, flies at Eglin

    "What starts here at Eglin, will change the world." This was the sentiment echoed by Lockheed Martin's Dan Crowley and many others during the arrival and showcase of the Joint Strike Fighter here April 21-23. After an initial delay, the test F-35 called AA-1 landed the afternoon of April 21. The

  • Summit of Americas support added to Nomad history

    Ten F-15s and 125 personnel from the 33rd Fighter Wing returned this week from a 15-day deployment providing aerial security support for Summit of the Americas conference. Wing members operated from Port Salines International Airport, Grenada, where a Joint Task Force set up a bare base. "It was a