Rangers honor fallen students with memorial swamp expedition

Almost 20 years ago, four Army Ranger students lost their lives in the cold, wet darkness of the range swamps. Since that day in February 1995, the soldiers of the 6th Ranger Training Battalion have remembered them.  They remember them through up-to-date safety and reporting procedures and constant

Team Eglin honors POW/MIA heroes at ceremony

Team Eglin and the surrounding community gathered to honor heroes  and the 83,195 U.S. military whose fate remains unknown, during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Air Force Armament Museum Sept. 19.Patrick Little, the national commander of The Military Order of the Purple Heart and guest

Eglin hosts GORUCK 9/11 challenge

GORUCK Challenge portraits

Son follows father into Air Force as EOD technician

An Air Force family's legacy continued when a Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal graduate had his occupational badge pinned on by his father, a career EOD technician, here Sept. 12.Nine of Airman 1st Class Thomas Schott's family members and friends attended the graduation ceremony, including

Firefighters pay respect with 9/11 tower climb

Moulage team adds gory reality to base exercises

Jackson Guard maintains Eglin's natural resources

Eglin Airman helps with deployment education donation

The young Afghan sergeant yelled out and hurried to the front of a crowded auditorium at the sound of his name. He walked down a line of senior Afghan commanders and U.S. Air Force air advisors and took his place in front of an American. He snapped to attention and loudly called out a reporting

End of runway crew is first, last stop for Eglin's test aircraft

The radio cracks to life in a tiny building at the end of the flight line with sayings like "crew ready... crew show... engine start... taxi." "We got taxis," says Tech. Sgt. Arthur Hamblin, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron end-of-runway inspection section NCO-in-charge.It's a call to action for a