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  • Welcome to Team Eglin: newcomers orientation streamlined

    The Newcomers orientation here has been streamlined from six hours to four, but the information it provides to new Team Eglin members still contributes to a successful duty assignment."The program gives newly assigned Airmen a positive jump start on what this base's mission is and how they can

  • 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,

  • EES/WAPS briefing team to visit Eglin

    Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center will visit the base July 20 to share information about Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System changes.During the briefing, EES/WAPS subject matter experts will speak about changes that have already been

  • Memorial Trail to get facelift

    The 96th Civil Engineer Group will soon take the thrill out of driving to the base commissary on Memorial Trail.Anyone who's driven Memorial Trail is familiar with the rollercoaster-like dips between the base commissary and the FamCamp. Hit the dip at the right speed and you might feel like you're

  • Traffic pattern changes begin near West gate

    The 96th Civil Engineer Group advises motorists coming onto or leaving the base through the West gate to take note as they approach the West gate chapel on Eglin Boulevard. They will soon experience new traffic patterns to increase safety.The road work is expected to be finished July 10 and new

  • 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

  • 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

  • Air Force couple heal, touch lives with 'Tiny' stitches

    For nearly two years, they've collected and crocheted handmade blankets to help cancer patients in South Carolina.  But it all began with a 'tiny' idea.Tech. Sgt. Antonio Ruth, a command chief executive with the 33rd Fighter Wing and his wife, Master Sgt. Candace Ruth, with the 53rd Wing, use