• Airman honored as one of 2015's outstanding Airmen of the year

    Staff Sgt. Kurtis Harrison, 96th Communications Squadron Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems Project Manager, was recognized as one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year, one of the top-level honors an Airman can receive."This recognition is so humbling," said

  • Eglin passenger terminal services military, civilian flyers

    The Eglin passenger terminal, operated by the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Air Operations section, provides air travel for eligible passengers on official travel and space available travel.The terminal operates here and at Duke Field, depending on where aircraft arrive or depart from,

  • Physicians graduate from family medicine residency program

    The  lengthy process of the education and training required to practice Air Force medicine ended for nine family medicine residents with a June 26 graduation ceremony at the Air Force Armament Museum."The privilege of practicing Air Force medicine is earned through a highly competitive process. 

  • 31st TES F-35s take on Green Flag

     F-35A Lightning IIs from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron played the U.S. Army's primary close air support platform during the latest iteration of the Green Flag exercise, GF 15-08, as the Air Force's program works toward its goal of declaring initial operational capability by the end of this

  • Marine graduates AF's only F-35 intelligence course

    The first U.S. Marine Corps officer graduated the Air Force's only F-35 Lightning II Intelligence Formal Training Unit course here June 24.The formal course combines fifth-generation fighter-specific and general intelligence academics applicable to the F-35 and the low observable global strike

  • 19 years later, 19 still remembered

    In keeping with tradition, the men and women of the 33rd Fighter Wing held the 19th Khobar Towers memorial ceremony here, June 25, to remember 12 fallen Nomads and seven other service members.On June 25, 1996, a truck-bomb was detonated adjacent to Khobar Tower in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that

  • NORTHERN EDGE provides environment for testing new capabilities

    With 18 experiments and initiatives undergoing field testing in Alaskan training ranges throughout Exercise Northern Edge 15, no other venue is as well suited for high-end operational testing."Northern Edge airspace is unique for us in a testing environment because it has a lot of joint players and

  • New Nomad takes helm at fighter wing

    The 33rd Fighter Wing welcomed a new commander, June 19, in an official ceremony attended by personnel, their families, community members and Team Eglin partners.Col. Lance R. Pilch formally accepted the role when he received the wing flag from Brig. Gen. John A. Cherrey, Air Education and Training

  • Comptrollers rehearse expeditionary skills

    Comptroller Airmen spent June 6 in a simulated joint-deployment environment here, to exercise an infrequently practiced expeditionary skillset.The design was based on an exercise in the 1990s dubbed 'Top Dollar' and scaled down to a one-day simulation where Airmen exercise war-time skills including

  • 33rd Fighter Wing, 53rd Wing change of commands set

    The 53rd Wing change of command ceremony will occur here June 18 at 8:53 a.m. Col. Adrian Spain will assume command of the wing from Col. Alexus Grynkewich.Spain was most recently the commandant of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada. Grynkewich will depart for his new position at