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  • 53rd Wing's QF-4 mission nearly complete

    The 53rd Wing's QF-4 Aerial Target mission is winding down and two of the aircraft visited here Oct. 25 so that those who have supported F-4 Phantom IIs over the years could see them one last time.

  • AF takes steps to reduce non-primary mission training

    The Air Force plans to reduce training not related to Airmen’s primary jobs in order to address concerns that excessive and non-mission related demands are impacting Airmen’s ability to focus on and accomplish their core duties, officials announced Oct. 31.

  • Squadron director selected for leader program

    A Team Eglin member was recently selected to participate in the 2017 Air Force Civilian Strategic Leader Program. Jason Coker, the director of the 782nd Test Squadron, joined 20 other leaders to attend the course.

  • Education Center hosts open house

    The pursuit of higher education has proven to better the chances for a service member’s career advancement, or for a well-paying job upon transition to civilian life. An Education Center open house was held here Oct. 13 to present the five on-base schools: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Saint

  • 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.

  • Unmanned QF-16 and Navy F-18s face off

    QF-16s assigned to the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron supported weapons testing Sept. 29 for Navy F-18s here. The F-18s conducted Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile tests and used the QF-16s as “target practice.”

  • Ready to Roar

    Less than two years ago, Senior Airman Terrence Ruffin became the youngest bodybuilder to become a professional.  Now with five pounds of extra muscle added and a professional contest win, he plans to reach to new heights when he ascends the stage at the largest bodybuilding competition in the

  • Couple set to move up to NCO together

    An Air Force couple and high school sweethearts received notice they would ascend to staff sergeant when the promotion list was announced August 25. Giovanni and Leah Bufalini-Balla met while they were sophomores in high school in Tennessee, married shortly after graduation in 2013 and enlisted in