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  • Team Eglin celebrates Air Force birthday

    Generations of service members came together to celebrate 69 years of air power at the installation’s Air Force Ball held in historic King Hangar Oct. 15.

  • F-35 fires first operational air-to-air missile

    Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 became the first operational F-35 Lightning II squadron to fire an air-to-air missile Sept. 15, during a 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall AFB.

  • 49 Years of Duty, Honor, Country

    A Soldier in an Air Force world, Dr. Charles “Doc” Merkel lost “quite a few pizzas” while maintaining his first loyalty to the Army. The West Point, Class of 1967, honorary graduate enjoyed a running bet with fellow 53rd Wing members when the cadets took on the other service schools in college

  • Lightning strikes at largest F-35A deployment

    The 33rd Fighter Wing wrapped up the largest F-35 deployment to date at this year’s Exercise Northern Lightning Aug. 31 at Volk Field, Wis. Northern Lightning is a tactical-level, joint training exercise which serves as a combat rehearsal for both legacy and modern aerial and ground assets in a

  • Airmen volunteer time, skills to build playground

    Over 400 military volunteers, including more than 120 Airmen helped in the construction of Emerald Coast Autism Center’s new playground at the therapy center on the grounds of Northwest Florida State College- Niceville.   From August 22-28, volunteers worked in four-hour shifts to complete the

  • 33rd FW reaches record number of F-35A sorties

    Members of the 33rd Fighter Wing set a new record of 111 sorties over three days during a sortie surge Aug. 1-3 here.   The purpose of a sortie surge is to test the readiness of maintainers, pilots and aircraft to meet the needs of high-tempo operations. “Thanks to the Nomads for their tremendous

  • 53rd Wing pilot selected as T-Bird #6

    An F-16 operational test and evaluation pilot here was selected to fly with the 2017 Thunderbirds, the Air Force’s aerial demonstration team. Capt. Whit Collins, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron flight commander, will assume the role of Thunderbird pilot number 6, the opposing “solo.” The