• AFRL civilian leaves comfort for combat zone

    Recently, a contracting specialist with the Air Force Research Lab returned from a six-month deployment to a strange and different world ... Afghanistan."I like to say I was a fish out of water, but even the fish is still on planet Earth," explained Leah Ransom of her recent tour working with the

  • Idea saves Air Force $10K

    An Air Force Research Laboratory employee found a way to save the Air Force more than $10,000 and even earned a little bonus for his effort June 22. His idea to switch to a less-expensive firing cable was approved and put into practice through the Air Force's Innovation Development through Employee

  • AFMC social media access to begin May 1

    Air Force officials announced April 26 that Air Force Materiel Command is one of six Air Force commands to receive access to social media sites beginning May 1, with AFMC bases implementing the change at different times in the coming weeks.This initiative comes as part of the service's two-week

  • Team Eglin remembers Holocaust

    Team Eglin members came together at the East Gate Chapel to pause and reflect on those lost in the Holocaust during the Days of Remembrance observance April 20, just three weeks before the 65th Anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.Close to 100 people listened to prayers, music and guest

  • Local students take trip to Mars

    Little green men, space ships and moon walking were simply the imaginings of a creative man named Jules Verne. Less than two centuries later, that imaginary world has become a reality. The children of today not only dream of taking a spaceship to the moon, but are active in pursuit of colonizing