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  • December Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boySamuel Dominick, born Dec. 8 to Jose and Heidi TorresEli Mason, born Dec. 13 to Daleray Keeter and Aubrey FritzIt's a girlLillyana Rose, born Dec. 9 to Tech Sgt. Sean and Alba KasperekAddelyn

  • Air Force offering second round of VERA/VSIP

    The Air Force is offering a second round of voluntary early retirement authority and voluntary separation incentive pay beginning Jan. 9.The move is part of the Air Force's continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense requirement to maintain civilian funding at fiscal 2010 levels"The Air

  • Cops claim championship

    The 96th Security Forces Squadron beat the Air Armament Center Directorate 19-14 to win the intramural flag football championship game Dec. 15.The SFS team, who won the title in 2008, had a 6-0 record going in to the final game of the single-elimination playoff, while AAC entered the matchup at 8-1.

  • Air Force to lift civilian hiring freeze

    The hiring freeze implemented in August will be fully lifted Dec. 15, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. The freeze, preceded by hiring controls, was one of several measures implemented this year to bring manning down to mandated 2010 levels. In addition, voluntary separation incentives

  • Life cycle of AF fuel: to the aircraft & beyond

    (Editors note: this is part three of a three part series about Eglin's petroleum, oil and lubricants flight.)"No one goes without the hose," is one of many popular slogans describing the mission of the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants flight. The "hose" is the

  • Premier space surveillance squadron located at Eglin

    The operators of 20th Space Control Squadron have a big job: carry out round-the-clock space surveillance operations with the world's most powerful radar.The squadron's AN/FPS-85 radar helps the Air Force keep track of more than 22,000 orbiting satellites, which is a dizzying task. The 20th SPCS,

  • 46th Test Wing garners Air Force Award

    The Secretary of the Air Force recently awarded an Air Force Outstanding Unit award to the 46th Test Wing for 2010. This award recognizes the top 10 percent of numbered Air Force units, a distinction the 46th Test Wing has now earned for the past 13 years."We absolutely could not succeed without