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  • Tennis players thank Eglin with free clinics

    Among the first people to celebrate the grand opening of Eglin's eight new tennis courts April 25 were players who wanted to thank Eglin's military community for their service.Dick Stockton, Andrea Jaeger and Adriana Solarova, former professional tennis players, along with local and visiting coaches

  • CE squadron deploys civilians

    The 796th Civil Engineer Squadron has found a new way of supporting military missions by deploying the largest number of civilians from a base organization.Currently eight people from CE have volunteered to be deployed, most being craftsmen; plumbers, carpenters and heat, ventilation and air

  • March status of discipline

    An airman from the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron received a letter of reprimand and 60-day restriction to base for provoking speech and simple assault.An airman 1st class with the 96th AMXS received a letter of reprimand, a six-month suspended reduction in rank to airman and a 14-day

  • Eglin Natural Resources named best in DOD

    The Department of Defense announced April 21, that Eglin Air Force Base was named winner of the 2014 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation. Eglin's Natural Resources Team won the Natural Resources Conservation, Individual/Team award for offered long-range

  • Fuels flight key to mission success

    When the Base Realignment and Closure Committee designated Eglin as the home of the first F-35 Lightning II, it gave the base more than aircraft.Before the first plane arrived, millions of dollars went into upgrading an aging infrastructure on the 33rd Fighter Wing side of the base. From those

  • Key Spouses important to Eglin leadership, families

    When an Air Force service member's spouse needs anything from answers to questions, directions to base services or help in a crisis, their organization's Key Spouse is in place for support and guidance.A one-day Key Spouse orientation training was held April 16 at Eglin's Airman and Family Readiness