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  • Solo flights exhibit Iraqi student pilots flying skills

    An Iraqi student pilot in a Cessna 172 idles on the runway here waiting for the air traffic control tower to approve his ascent into the sky. A U.S. Air Force pilot instructor, who just stepped out of the aircraft, anxiously anticipates watching his protégé take a huge leap in his training by flying

  • Eglin rangers hold annual Mass Casualty exercise

    Four consecutive horrific "accidents" left bloody bodies of 6th Ranger Training Battalion Soldiers strewn all over the Eglin ranges Oct 1. That was just part of the 6 RTB's annual mass casualty exercise to examine how effective the battalion responds as a group and how well it communicates and works

  • Joint warfighters hone close air support skills at JRTC

    Army special forces and joint fires observers trained with Air Force joint terminal attack controllers and Navy fighter aircrews during a recent two-week Joint Readiness Training Center and Air Force Green Flag East exercise here with assistance from U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires

  • '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

  • JFIIT helps Army, AF train with Italian Air Force

    Joint fires experts from U.S. Joint Forces Command assisted Italian Air Force personnel in integrating operations with U.S. Army and Air Force assets during a recent two-week exercise at the National Training Center here. The exercise marked the first time that Italian warfighters have participated

  • Ranger Camp changes command

    After a final salute to the cadre, Lt. Col. Larry Perino relinquished command of the 6th Ranger Training Battalion June 3. Colonel Perino leaves Camp Rudder to become the Chief of Staff of the Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group at Fort Meade, Md. The new commander, Lt. Col. Charles Seifert, continues

  • Eglin's joint fires team helps prepare aircrews for combat

    The Air Force's Green Flag East, in partnership with the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, La. and with support from U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team, is improving warfighting skills of fighter pilots conducting close air support  missions for