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  • Commissary to close, Exchange unaffected by government shutdown

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service will continue operations in the event of a U.S. Government shutdown on Oct. 1.Defense Commissary Agency stores will be open for a full business day Oct. 1 to reduce the amount of perishables on-hand, before beginning a systematic closure process to account for

  • Team Eglin strikes again, improves CAF capability

    To provide Air Combat Command the best assessment of Maritime Strike Operations, the 53rd Wing partnered with other members of the Team Eglin test community to deliver increased combat capability for the warfighter.The final phase of the two-year evaluation was a month-long test over the Gulf of

  • F-35: New fighter creates new culture for 21st Century and beyond

    She didn't have a smudge on her. Not a leak found anywhere. She even had that "new jet smell." Skies were blue, everything was perfect. Those were the conditions on that July day in 2011 when Lt. Col. Eric Smith took off from the Lockheed facilities at Fort Worth, Texas, in the first operational

  • First unmanned QF-16 flight takes place

    The first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight occurred Sept. 19. The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron and Boeing conducted the flight, which is the first step in a two year process to phase out the QF-4 Full Scale Aerial Target. "The QF-4 did a good job for many years, but it's time to turn

  • AFMC's 5-center construct results in weapon system sustainment gains

    Improved sustainment of service weapon systems tops the list of command accomplishments after a year-long reorganization effort, the Air Force Materiel Command's top general said here Sept. 16.Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger addressed her command's mission of regaining acquisition excellence in a time of

  • 337th TES B-1s fly maritime ops

    Since its introduction to the Air Force in 1986, the B-1B Lancer has been the backbone of the bomber fleet because of its speed, payload and continuously upgraded capabilities.On Sept. 4, a single B-1 from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron took off from Dyess Air Force Base, with the Gulf of

  • AFNET migration about to begin

    The Air Force's number one cyber priority is its network migration initiative, and computer users here are just a few short weeks away from joining the program.The initiative, known as AFNET, is creating a single Air Force computer network to improve command and control, standardize training

  • Follow the rules to avoid a ticket

    A stack of citations sits on Senior Airman David Mullen's desk. They are some of the more than 150 tickets issued last month by the 96th Security Forces Squadron.Mullen, a ticket clerk in the reports and administration section, spends a good part of his day entering the citations into a data base

  • Eglin gains 21,000 acres of buffer land

    Nearly 21,000 acres of conservation land will soon be buffering Eglin's east boundary from future development, in part, due to an award from the Department of Defense 2013 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program Challenge.The land purchase, approved by Governor Rick Scott and the

  • Command chief receives Bronze Star

    Chief Master Sgt. Marcus R. Snoddy, the 96th Test Wing command chief, was awarded the Bronze Star at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. He was honored for meritorious service as commander master sergeant while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram