• Army Rangers set to host Ranger Run, Open House

    The 6th Ranger Training Battalion will be hosting a 5k and 10k race called the Swamp Ranger Run prior to the Ranger Camp's annual Open House event May 6. The Swamp Ranger Run is sponsored by the Swamp Ranger Association and the Northwest Florida Track Club. It will be held on an annual basis in

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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