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  • AFRL develops partial solution to helicopter brownout

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Rapid Reaction Team has successfully integrated and tested a science and technology solution to the Air Force Special Operation Command helicopter brownout problem. In late 2005, Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley, AFSOC commander, asked the AFRL commander to find a solution

  • AFRL Munitions Directorate welcomes new colonel

    Col. Daniel Morin, Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate director, relinquished command to Col. Kirk Kloeppel in a change of command ceremony at the Air Force Armament Museum May 4. The Munitions Directorate performs research on precision guidance, missile guidance and control,

  • Rangers showcase skills, equipment during demonstrations

    The constant pop of automatic weapons echoing throughout the woods and the whir of the fan blades of a C-130 Hercules and Blackhawk helicopter were some of the sights and sounds at Ranger Camp May 5 as "the largest crowd ever" of people invaded the 6th Ranger Training Battalion -- by invitation.

  • Pets celebrated at bazaar

    Pet owners braved the heat May 5 to attend the annual Pet Bazaar at the base exchange. The day started out with a 1.5-mile pet walk/run on the commissary trail with plenty of watering stations offered along the route. The walkers arrived back to the parking lot to the sounds of music and laughter as

  • Sleep Your Way to Better Health

    Sleep is a basic necessity of life, as important to your health and well-being as air, food and water, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). When we sleep well, we wake up feeling refreshed, alert and ready to face daily challenges. But when we don't, every part of our lives can

  • Marking their place in history

    In their continued effort to educate the Eglin populace on the base's early cultural and military history, the Cultural Resources Management branch recently posted historic markers at three different locations. One of markers is posted in front the McKinley Climatic Lab. Another one is located in

  • Moseley: Use Airmen for what they do best

    The Air Force chief of staff said he intends to resist requests for airmen to fill Army and Marine Corps jobs when those assignments fall far outside the airmen's core competencies. Gen. T. Michael Moseley also said that while he understands the Pentagon plan to divert $800 million each from the Air

  • OPSEC - a family responsibility

    "Hi ... I'm Jane Doe, 23, married to John, 25. He works in SFS as a gate guard. He is deployed right now and will be home May 10 after being gone for nine months!! We have one son, Johnny, who is 20 months. We have been here for a little over a year. We came from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota ... we