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  • Local memorial set for Eglin's fallen Airman

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations 9th Field Investigations Squadron invites base personnel to a memorial in honor of Special Agent (Maj.) Adrianna M. Vorderbruggen Jan. 21, at 1 p.m.The service is at the Soundside Club main ballroom, 107 Kissam St., Bldg. 90910 at Hurlburt Field.  It is

  • Deployed chapel assistant supports TAAC-Air in Afghanistan

    "I love being a chaplain. I find great fulfillment in helping people."That's what Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Bryan Hochhalter, deployed here from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said about his job at the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing / Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air

  • Deployment lessons learned moves F-16 sofware upgrade forward

    For two weeks in June, Eglin units, the 40th Flight Test Squadron and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, tested the M7 F-16 Fighting Falcon software upgrade over the wilds of Alaska in the joint exercise known as Northern Edge.Upon returning from the large-scale deployment, the squadrons' Airmen

  • 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,

  • TAAC-Air advisers provide C-130 medevac training to Afghan medics

    Ten Afghan National Army flight medics and one flight nurse did hands-on training in a C-130H Hercules at Hamid Karzai International Airport here July 9.The day started with reconfiguring the cargo compartment from netted seating to metal stanchions that hold stretchers for a medical evacuation, or

  • 19 years later, 19 still remembered

    In keeping with tradition, the men and women of the 33rd Fighter Wing held the 19th Khobar Towers memorial ceremony here, June 25, to remember 12 fallen Nomads and seven other service members.On June 25, 1996, a truck-bomb was detonated adjacent to Khobar Tower in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that

  • 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