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  • UK officer joins Predator squadron through exchange program

    The first Remotely Piloted Aircraft exchange officer stationed at the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron is not bothered by the 5,000 miles between the state of Nevada and her native United Kingdom."It has been an opportunity that money can't buy," said Royal Air Force Maj. Adele Stratton, 556th

  • 16 EWS provides shield to combat air forces

    From flying JN-4 Jennies in the roaring twenties to developing the latest electronic warfare test for the 21st century, more than 150 personnel of the 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron rely on experience, one of kind equipment and ingenuity to test and deliver information that protects today's

  • New 53rd chief brings world-travelled skill

    The new command chief master sergeant for the 53rd Wing experienced firsthand the benefits of the hard work from the men and women within the wing. "Just coming off a deployment in Afghanistan, I have seen it day in and day out," Chief Master Sgt William K. Harner, Jr., said. "What they do here

  • Improving coalition combat ID exercise wraps up

    The U.S. Joint Forces Command's exercise designed to examine advanced combat identification technologies that could reduce the risk of fratricide on future battlefields has completed its final missions here and at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Bold Quest 09 was a U.S. Joint Forces

  • AAC awarded for excellence

    The Air Armament Center was recently awarded the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for its ability to provide war-winning capabilities to Combat Air Forces to meet national security objectives. The Air Force Organizational Excellence award recognizes the achievements and accomplishments of

  • Skull wars commence on Halloween eve

    Skull Wars took to the skies with more than 30 aircraft Oct. 30 as Eglin's test community waged a mock war to determine the effectiveness of the Air Force's current capabilities and technology. The 85th Test and Evaluations Squadron hosted the exercise using aircraft on loan from the 40th Flight

  • JASSM achieves success in reliability flight tests

    The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, successfully completed Lot 7 Reliability Assessment Program flight tests with a record of 15 successes out of 16 flights as officially scored by the independent test data scoring board Oct. 22. The tests were conducted by the U.S. Air Force at

  • Group wins Department of Defense award

    The 708th Armament Systems Group was recently recognized for unprecedented acquisition management success with their selection by the Department of Defense as the winner of 2009 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award. The award singles out the group as the best acquisition team in the Air

  • ACC commander visits 53rd, Eglin

    Eglin's contributions to the warfighter are clear and apparent to those who live and work within its reach, but Oct. 13 the Air Combat Command commander got a first-hand look at just how vast the base's role is in today's fight. Gen. William Fraser, Air Combat Command commander, spent the entire day