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  • 82nd ATRS helps rescue boaters

    Tyndall Airmen helped locate a boat in distress March 14, 30 miles south of Cape San Blas, Fla.The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron team was on an E-9A Widget completing their mission when they received a distress call indicating there was a vessel taking in water with four men on board happening in

  • Eglin F-35s evacuate for hurricane exercise

    Hurricanes. It's no secret tropical storms can cause devastating damage across the landscape and lives of those it touches, which is why Sheppard and Eglin teamed up for a hurricane evacuation exercise March 11-12. The F-35 Lightning II, the military's newest fifth generation multi-role fighter jet

  • TRICARE ends walk-in admin services

    The Tricare Service Center will close for walk-in services April 1 here.The closure is part of a Department of Defense plan to close 189 Tricare facilities, saving more than $250 million over the next five years. "The closure of the walk-in Tricare Service Center will not affect any Tricare medical

  • AFTC's King Hangar investigation report released

    Results of an Air Force Test Center commander directed investigation report on the fire suppression system incident that occurred last month at King Hangar were released Feb. 18.The unintended activation of the fire suppression system at approximately noon Jan. 8 resulted in the death of a civilian

  • AF radar controllers unplug from Kyrgyzstan

    The 376th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron radar air traffic control liaison positions deactivated Jan. 31, 2014, after 10 years of safely sequencing and separating aircraft."This marks the beginning of the drawdown of the EOSS," said Lt. Col. Anthony Salvatore, 376th EOSS commander, who is

  • New AC-130J completes first test flight

    After more than a year of modification maintenance, the newly created AC-130J Ghostrider took to the skies for the first time as a gunship here Jan. 31.In early Jan 2013, the Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130J arrived here to begin the modification process with the goal of creating a "best

  • AFMC commander discusses challenges and successes

    Challenges that lie ahead and a recap of recent successes highlighted Air Force Materiel Command commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger's commander's call here Jan. 23.It was the first of what will be several workforce communication engagements for the general. In the coming months, Wolfenbarger will

  • Seek Eagle analyst to retire after 51 years

    Ronald McCurdy, a ballistics analyst for mission planning at the 96th Test Wing's Seek Eagle office, retires from civil service Jan. 31, with 51 years of combined military and civilian service.McCurdy joined civil service in 1983, after serving as an Air Force navigator from 1962 to 1982. He reached

  • Temporary gate closures important, critical to base security

    Keeping the base secure can be a thankless job, especially when the gates close at quitting time.The Base Defense Operations Center or BDOC and installation entry controllers deal with frustrated drivers who must wait when base defense requires a gate closure. Incidents such as missing children and