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  • Airmen medics take training to new heights

    Working through the sounds of beeping heart monitors, clanking metallic utensils, and the rustling of medical scrubs, an Air Force team of nurses, physicians and other personnel sharpened their skills during a medical evacuation training exercise here Sept. 3. "We're training in patient packaging,

  • Eglin ALS begins new class

    Editor's note: This is the first in a series following ALS Class 10-Alpha from inprocessing all the way to graduation. It will highlight the month-long class and explain what an Airman experiences during this time. The ALS series will highlight open rank inspections, community service events,

  • AF softball team prepares at Eglin for All Services tournament

    The Men's Air Force softball team spent the week of Sept. 14-18 here preparing for the all-services tournament in Pensacola, Fla. The team has spent the week practicing at Foster Stadium and playing a few local tournaments before going head to head against the other services beginning Sept.

  • Majors selected for promotion

    Congratulations to the following majors who were selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel:Air Armament Center Varun Puri 33rd Fighter Wing Gary Beene 46th Test Wing Ted Bloink Christopher Hamilton Edward Harris Jeffrey Mabry 53rd Wing Stephanie Bruce Kevin Calhoun Charles Drouillard Danny Nguyen

  • 'Reach Out! Raise Hope!' theme to 2009 Combined Federal Campaign

    There are more than 470 families in the Fort Walton Beach area without a place to live. Many of them live in cars and wash in public restrooms. Maybe it's someone from church or the cashier working at the local grocery store. No matter who it is, help is needed. Circumstances like these are examples

  • 96th Air Base Wing history spans six decades

    From operational testing to strategic bombing, the 96th Air Base Wing has contributed greatly to our defense of freedom according to Clay McCutchan, historian for the Air Armament Center. The 96th stood up in the midst of World War II. In 1942, it was established as an operational training unit for

  • Historic hangar showered in foam

    'Splish splash' King Hangar got a bath Sept. 3 when the 96th Civil Engineer Group completed its final foam test of the new fire suppression system designed to protect critical 46th Test Wing assets. The system, which has 24 foam generators suspended from the ceiling, released 110 gallons of the