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  • UDMs ensure Airmen are mission ready

    Mission readiness is a focus of today's Air Force that can be easily defined by the time-honored Boy Scout motto - "Be prepared." That's where a unit deployment manager comes in handy. Ensuring Airmen maintain mission readiness is absolutely vital to warfighting capabilities. A unit's ability to

  • WSEP tests 33rd Fighter Wing ability to send fire from the clouds

    As the Nomad motto forecasts, "fire from the clouds," rained through gulf skies after live ordinance deployed from F-15 Eagles during a recent evaluation. More than 140 Nomads from the 33rd Fighter Wing tested the lethality of eight combat-coded F-15C aircraft from the 58th Fighter Squadron during a

  • AFRL researchers garner Black Engineer of Year awards

    Five Air Force Research Laboratory employees were honored during the Black Engineer of the Year Conference, Feb. 19-21 in Baltimore, Md. The conference awards exceptional African American individuals who have paved their way into the field. Two AFRL researchers received major Black Engineer of the

  • Eglin's joint fires team helps prepare aircrews for combat

    The Air Force's Green Flag East, in partnership with the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, La. and with support from U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team, is improving warfighting skills of fighter pilots conducting close air support  missions for

  • Base preparing for Unit Compliance Inspection

    Unit Compliance Inspections occur every four years, and allow local commanders and Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters to see how well AFMC units accomplish their mission at the center level down to each individual squadron and two-letter organization. It also highlights best practices that can

  • Eglin's 'Mighty Gorillas' own the skies

    Pilots stationed at Eglin fly a number of aircraft under three different wings. All have different missions, education and training, and therefore different approaches to flying. In this three-part series, we will examine the pilots of Eglin and what their unique missions bring to U.S. air

  • Eglin Airmen, Coast Guardsmen protect human health, environment

    Recently, Eglin Airmen and U.S. Coast Guardsmen from various stations across the nation participated in an annual week-long spill response training course and exercise conducted by Eglin spill response program officials. More than 3,050 feet of boom, a floatation device used to contain a chemical

  • Air Armament Academy instructors recognized for dedication

    Sharpening the edge of the sword with education is the reason four instructors from the Air Armament Academy have been singled out. Emily Jay, Maj. Phillip Bascom, Jill Barfield and Greg Hutto, instructors for the four colleges in the A3, were singled out for their contributions to professional