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  • New chiefs announced

    Air Force officials selected 487 of 2,201 eligible senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant for a selection rate of 22.13 percent.The average score for those selected was 659.88, with an average time in grade of 3.09 years and time in service of 22.85 years respectively. The

  • Old meds dumped during Drug Take Back Day

    More than125 military beneficiaries brought their expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs to the satellite pharmacy parking lot for destruction during the base's National Drug Take Back Day Oct. 29.The joint effort between the pharmacy, security forces and the drug enforcement agency reaped

  • ORI results good news for wing

    An undercurrent of excitement ran through a packed house at Eglin's Heritage Hall as more than 600 Airmen, civic leaders and supporters of the 96th Air Base Wing waited for the results of its Operational Readiness Inspection.The ORI, led by 52 inspectors from Air Force Material Command, was the

  • B-1 aircrews drop the hammer during exercise

    Aircrews from the 37th Bomb Squadron "Tigers" thundered into the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Oct. 25 and employed two Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles from a pair of B-1 bombers as part of the Air Force's air to ground Weapon System Evaluation Program known as Combat Hammer.The goal of the

  • Airmen combat stress, help keep boots on ground

    Deployments can be a stressful experience no matter if you're a hardened NCO on your fifth trip overseas or a junior enlisted on your first. They bring a unique set of stressors that, if ignored, can have a negative effect on a service member's mindset at a time when focus is vital.For two Airmen

  • Eglin Airman helps give Afghans their own voice

    Insurgents use misinformation in their quest to intimidate Afghan civilians and disrupt the progress coalition and Afghan forces have made in recent years. Air Force Mobile Public Affairs Advisory Teams across Afghanistan teach Afghan soldiers and police officers the skills necessary to combat