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  • Base housing townhall Aug. 15, Eglin gears up for privatization

    (Editor's note: Corvias Military Living, in partnership with the 96th Civil Engineer Group, will hold a town hall Aug. 15, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Eglin Air Force Base Conference Center so the leasing agent can explain what privitization means to base housing residents and answer any questions

  • No more redundant inspections: AF implements new inspection system

    The Air Force recently implemented a new inspection system, aimed at giving more power to wing commanders.With the signing of Program Action Directive 13-01, Air Force inspection system Implementation Tiger Team transitions from the planning phase to the execution phase. The program, which was beta

  • Acting SecAF visits Eglin

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning visited with Airmen, Sailors and Marines here July 16 as part of his first round of base visits since taking on the role of acting secretary last month.The U.S. Senate confirmed Fanning as the 24th Under Secretary of the Air Force in April. He became

  • Students colonize on Marsville

    Hundreds of local fifth graders gathered in a 33rd Fighter Wing maintenance hangar to experiment with space exploration here, May 9. Working with environmental engineers and volunteers from the base, the "astronauts" were tasked with the mission to sustain life for one day on Mars. Inside rows of

  • Eglin to celebrate Earth Day 2013

    More than 500 Team Eglin volunteers and participants are expected to help celebrate Earth Week 2013, here April 22-26. The events will include kayak ecotours of Eglin's streams and habitats, a nature hike, a reservation cleanup, the annual 5K Fun Run and an eco-mountain bike tour."These events

  • Eglin's controlled burns advance fire research

    Members of the Air Force Wildlife Fire Center joined U.S. Forest Service researchers, to collect data during two prescribed fires conducted on the Eglin Air Force Base range Nov. 11-12."This burn will allow researchers to collect information that will go into an integrated database, used world-wide