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  • Reunion connects generations, celebrates wing epoch

    After a long weekend celebrating heritage, specifically 30 years of flying and fixing F-15 Eagles, the 33rd Fighter Wing came back with many stories Airmen, past and present, and guests will share for a lifetime. "It was an outstanding event from start to finish - the hard work of the Nomad

  • SARC open house helps victims

    Eglin Air Force Base family advocate and community organizations came together for the Sexual Assault Response Center open house on April 30. The event was held not only to educate visitors about the SARC mission, but also to recognize victim advocates. Eglin advocacy organizations and SARC

  • Schedule physical exams now and beat the rush

    Florida law requires students from kindergarten through 12th grade to have a physical exam every year to enter school. Leadership at the Eglin clinic encourages parents to beat the rush and plan physical exams now for the 2009-2010 school year. The clinic says there's always a mad rush of physicals

  • May is a great time to focus on fitness

    May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and May 21 is National Employee Health and Fitness Day. If you've been meaning to start a fitness program or if you've fallen off your fitness regimen, May is the time to get on board. Healthy eating and regular activity improves health in a

  • Eglin volunteers recognized at ceremony

    Imagine Team Eglin without the Airman's Attic, the Hospital Angels, Airmen Against Drunk Driving, the Thrift Store and Eglin Pet Welfare. All of these organizations run solely on the generosity of volunteers. Those efforts were honored April 23 at a Volunteer Recognition Ceremony at the officers'

  • Maj. Gen. Davis takes helm of Air Armament Center

    The Air Armament Center welcomed its new commander, Maj. Gen. Charles R. Davis, during a change-of-command ceremony officiated by Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, May 1 at Hangar 103. General Davis, an Air Force Academy graduate and an experimental test pilot with more

  • 46th TW GSU celebrates golden anniversary

    A tradition of testing of navigation systems and missile components began for the 746th Test Squadron in 1959 and continues as it reaches its golden anniversary in May. The 746th, part of the 46th Test Wing, has spent 50 years as a central facility for test and evaluation of inertial guidance and

  • Systems in place for personnel accountability

    Do you know where your co-workers are? Do they have special needs in the event of a natural disaster? The Air Force has two systems set up to answer these questions should a disaster strike or a national emergency arise. First, there is the Personnel Evacuation Tracking System (PETS), a

  • ACC F-15C demo team flies last flight, showcases 33rd FW Eagle era

    Nomad and Air Combat Command history was made May 1  as the last day an Eagle demonstrated its graceful flight full of high-performance climbs, split-s turns, loops, knife passes and dives. When the command's F-15 West Coast Demo Team performed their finale in front of the 33rd Fighter Wing Nomad