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  • OPSEC and the cyber threat

    Just a few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to attend the Comprehensive Cyber Terrorism Defense Training Course sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. Out of the 15 students attending the course I was the only non-computer security expert in the room. So, I was kind out of my league

  • Safely driving on base is a top priority

    It's important to reflect on trends regarding safety improvements that affect everyone on Eglin Air Force Base. In doing so, we examine some key factors that directly apply to every person working and living on the base. In the last two years, there were more than 700 vehicle accidents on base.

  • Eglin Airmen, Coast Guardsmen protect human health, environment

    Recently, Eglin Airmen and U.S. Coast Guardsmen from various stations across the nation participated in an annual week-long spill response training course and exercise conducted by Eglin spill response program officials. More than 3,050 feet of boom, a floatation device used to contain a chemical

  • Keeping clean brings awards

    Keeping one's living quarters tidy not only fosters a healthy sense of well-being, but can also win awards as a few base dorm residents found this week during quarterly dorm inspections. Contracting specialist, Airman 1st Class Shimon Perez-Conde Gonzalez, 96th Contractor Squadron, received the Dorm

  • EOD robots take danger out of EOD equation

    Seemingly half man and half machine, Senior Airman Brandon Harrell manipulates the arms of a robot by using his own. Like a scene from a sci-fi movie, Airman Harrell, 96th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight explosive ordnance disposal technician, sits in the seat in a command

  • Eglin EOD Flight works with munitions from idea to implementation

    There are no routine days for explosive ordnance disposal technicians. On any given day, technicians may be disabling improvised explosive devices in the Global War on Terror, investigating suspicious packages found in the community or working with a team to recover fingerprints from bombs to

  • Testing titanic A-10 cannon

    What may be mistaken as a fog horn frequently blasting throughout the base is actually one of the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannon in the U.S. military--the GAU-8/A. The GAU 8/A is mounted in the A-10 Thunderbolt II and is capable of firing 4,000 rounds per minute with a muzzle

  • Pilot knows bird strike danger first hand

    Former 46th Test Wing Vice Commander Col. Kevin Burns went for 26 and a half years without hitting a single bird in flight. But on April 23, 2001, just a short time before he retired from the Air Force, he found out just how serious a bird strike could be. The colonel, with 800 F-16 flight hours and