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  • Band of Airmen rocks with 'Sonic' sound

    With aircraft take-off and landings, large-scale bomb ranges the Army and an explosives school outside its gates, loud booms and screeches are commonplace at Eglin. But the loud, rhythmic sounds emanating from Bldg. 670 twice a week are distinctly different and tend to rock.The sounds are from

  • AF firefighters deploy to bare base

    Firefighters from U.S. Air Forces Central Command's A7, Civil Engineers quick strike team recently set up shop at Forward Operating Base Apache in Qalat, Afghanistan. Their mission is the difference between life and death; between a base being fed and supplies not able to come in. Members from the

  • Gym, cleaning, laundry and brotherhood: life inside the firehouse

    Firefighters are a unique breed. They defy human instinct by risking their lives running towards danger.Firefighters from U.S. Air Forces Central's A7 Civil Engineering quick strike team recently set up shop at forward operating base Apache in Qalat, Afghanistan. Members from the QST, who are from

  • Colonel shoots to win

    Colonel Mark Hays, the Armament Directorate deputy director, recently won three pistol shooting awards at two national level events.Hays, a member of the Air Force National Pistol Team since December 1998, won the 2011 High Air Force competitor at the 51st Inter Service Pistol Championships at Fort

  • "The Quiet Place" is gone

    "The Quiet Place" -- that was the nickname for west Afghanistan before the presence of an air control squadron showed up. Detachment 1, 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is only the second unit to setup shop here."Before this site was here, there was no one