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  • 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

  • Eglin to search for vintage munitions in Santa Rosa County

    Eglin Environmental Restoration officials and contractors are preparing to conduct visual surface surveys on private property in Santa Rosa County under the Air Force's Military Munitions Response Program. The mission of the AF MMRP is to take appropriate actions to ensure former weapon test ranges

  • Air Force signs Record of Decision on bed down of JSF at Eglin

    The Air Force has decided to beddown 59 F-35 aircraft and to allow associated construction to begin implementing a Base Realignment and Closure 2005 decision. The decision also imposes temporary operational limitations on JSF flight training activities to both avoid and minimize noise impacts. This

  • Emerald waters coaxing top-notch resort

    With its white sandy beaches and beautiful emerald waters, Northwest Florida makes for a pretty attractive vacation destination -- even for those that live here year round. And soon, military members may have a new option on where to stay should they choose Fort Walton Beach as their place to

  • Eglin phases in new energy audit training

    Eglin continues to build up its energy management efforts after approximately 70 facility managers attended energy audit training Jan. 28. The objective of the training was to prepare facility managers to conduct the simplest of three energy audits, Phase I, on the facilities they are responsible

  • Abandoned asbestos housing vulnerable to vandalism

    What began as a seemingly harmless gesture of adolescence could possibly become a cause for concern among base housing officials as a dangerous act of vandalism. A rash of vandalism has broken out in the base housing area in vacant housing units scheduled for demolition. "People think just because