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  • Library starts new Rosetta Stone program

    The base library has a new program to provide language skills to military members, dependents, retirees and civilians. Beginning Aug. 13, Eglin's library offers the Rosetta Stone program to those who do not qualify for the military sponsored program license. Active Duty members can contact Ms.

  • Moulage makes exercises more believable

    Dozens of Airmen lay motionless on the ground, most with blood seeping through their clothes or shrapnel protruding from their bodies. What would seem like a scene from a bad horror movie or war film is actually the result of moulage. During a training exercise here July 22, Airmen were dressed up

  • Eglin takes anti-terrorism seriously

    The base will execute a large-scale exercise July 20-23 that will impact many missions and services.  Personnel moving on Eglin should expect delays at the gates and the hospital will close for most of the day, July 22.  In preparation for the exercise, base leadership wants to remind personnel to

  • New Warfare Center CC visits 53rd Wing, area units

    Newly appointed United States Air Force Warfare Center Commander, Brig. Gen. Ted Kresge visited the 53d Wing June 22-24, to wrap up his Gulf Coast immersion and preside over the 53d's assumption of command. The general is no stranger to the area, having served as commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing

  • Advanced tactical laser fires high-power laser in flight

    Members of the 413th Flight Test Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and contractor Boeing successfully fired the high-power laser aboard the Advanced Tactical Laser aircraft for the first time in flight. The combined effort between Boeing and the 413th was instrumental to the "first light" of the high