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  • Breeze Dining Facility reopens

    The Breeze Dining Facility will reopen for business March 24 after closing for renovations in November 2014. Some of the major upgrades during the 16-month period included: replacement of walls and floors in the customer service and dining areas, behind the serving line and in the kitchen.Other

  • F-35A training syllabus advances ahead of IOC

    Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing here successfully employed two laser-guided bombs March 3 at a nearby range, advancing the Air Force's F-35A training syllabus ahead of its initial operational capability.The training mission was the first time the Florida-based

  • Space squadron begins exterior renovation

    The 20th Space Control Squadron began a four-month-long renovation project to replace the protective cover on the site's radar here March 1.The TEFLON-like radar cover needs 10 stories replaced on one side and seven stories on an opposing side.  Due to the location of the radar, the construction

  • C-17 puts flares to the test over Eglin

    A 62nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircrew found itself away from the rainy climate of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and into the sunshine here to participate in an Air Mobility Command flare effectiveness test, that began Feb. 29.The C-17 crew along with a C-5 crew from Travis AFB, Calif.,

  • 33rd maintainers load GBU-12s onto F-35As for first time

    In the morning hours of March 3, 33rd Fighter Wing maintainers loaded four GBU-12 munitions into F-35A Lighting II aircraft for the first time, here.Airmen from the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons section loaded the guided munitions in preparation for pilots to launch them from the F-35A

  • 23 selected for promotion to senior master sergeant

    Congratulations to all of Team Eglin's Airmen on their selection for promotion to senior master sergeant.The 1,467 selected (Air Force wide) represent a 12.32 percent selection rate, with an average selectee overall score of 533.18. Selectees' average time-in-grade was 4.30 years and time-in-service

  • Team Eglin member's generous acts go viral

    A local federal employee and Air Force reservist's simple helping-hand efforts after a tornado were recognized recently on a viral level through social and local media.Senior Master Sgt. Timothy Thoner remembers vividly the kindness of strangers.Two years ago, while he was out of state, dozens of

  • Rangers exercise CAS with F-35A

    Although the U.S. Air Force separated from the U.S. Army on September 18, 1947, the two forces have a long history of working together to dominate the sky and ground in combat.This tradition continues today with the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment's recent visit here to conduct close air

  • F-35A continues deployment training

     The F-35A is at the point in its life where it's taking the first lap around the track away from home. The 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron is here to put the aircraft, its staff and equipment, through a series of operational tests to determine just how capable the aircraft is in a forward

  • First Air National Guard Airman graduates F-35 intel school

    As the F-35A Lightning II prepares to fly north in 2020, the Vermont Air National Guard sent an Airman here to become the first National Guardsman to graduate from the Joint Strike Fighter program's Intelligence Formal Training Unit.Capt. Christopher Clements, 158th Operations Support Squadron