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  • New commander for 53rd Wing

    The 53rd Wing welcomed its new commander June 18 in a change of command ceremony here before its personnel, family and friends.Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, passed the wing guidon to Col. Adrian Spain as the wing's new leader. The wing bid farewell to Col.

  • Eglin CGOC sends packages, well wishes

    Volunteers from Eglin's Troop Care Drive Committee and military family members worked together to pack 60 boxes to send to deployed service members as part of the association's biannual drive Jun. 5 at Eglin Elementary School."The [committee] started as a means of giving back to those giving so much

  • 33rd Fighter Wing, 53rd Wing change of commands set

    The 53rd Wing change of command ceremony will occur here June 18 at 8:53 a.m. Col. Adrian Spain will assume command of the wing from Col. Alexus Grynkewich.Spain was most recently the commandant of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada. Grynkewich will depart for his new position at

  • More than 130 Airmen selected for tech sergeant promotion

    Congratulations to the following staff sergeants on their selection to the rank of technical sergeant. The Air Force overall statistics for this technical sergeant cycle were:Number eligible: 35,863Number selected: 8,446Selection rate: 23.55 percent33rd Fighter WingJake ClineJeremy DeckPaul

  • DoD notified of OPM cybersecurity incident

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced today a recent cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have exposed the personal information of current and former federal civilian employees.According to a Defense Department news release, OPM subsequently notified federal

  • 40th, 85th to deploy to Alaska

    For the first time, the 96th Test Wing's 40th Flight Test Squadron will deploy to fully participate in an operational exercise.The wing's only flying fighter squadron soars out to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska for the large-scale Northern Edge Exercise beginning this week to test the F-16

  • Final Tyndall QF-4 takes off

    The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, flew its final QF-4 Phantom mission May 27 marking the end of almost 20 years at Tyndall.Two QF-4 full-scale aerial targets took off around 10:15 a.m. and were successfully destroyed about 30 minutes later by