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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Private vehicle registration discontinued

    After much anticipation and speculation, Eglin and Hurlburt Field security forces will no longer issue Department of Defense Form 2220s, more commonly known as vehicle registration decals; nor will possession of decals be required for entry on either base. Although Eglin and Hurlburt are two of only

  • Eglin accepts challenge to battle obesity

    With obesity becoming an epidemic across America, Air Force Materiel Command has issued a Team Lean Challenge to all members of the command -- to work together, get fit and make a lifestyle change. The TLC is a six-month health and fitness initiative intended to help people work together to lose

  • Lieutenant experiences 'living history' with B-17 skydive

    A U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress that dropped seeds of war over Germany during World War II, dropped a different payload March 3 over the beaches of the Emerald Coast - to include an Air Force lieutenant who wanted to relive history. During World War II, B-17 Flying Fortresses dropped more

  • USAF Band and Singing Sergeants to appear

    The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants from Washington, D.C., will present a concert on April 22 at 3 p.m. at the Okaloosa Walton College Arts Center. There is no charge for the concert; however, tickets are required and are available starting April 2 at the OWC Arts Center box

  • Falcons reach NIT final four in NYC

    Air Force handily won its first two games in the National Invitation Tournament, but had to survive a nail biter to advance to the semifinals. Jacob Burtschi's lay up with 7.7 seconds left was the game winner as the Falcons held on for a dramatic 52-51 win over DePaul March 21, in front of an