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  • Eglin Airmen attend 2015 EMT Rodeo

    More than 20 teams of emergency medical technicians from 22 installations across the Air Force convened here Sept. 17-18 for the 2015 EMT Rodeo.During the rodeo's eighth consecutive year, testers required all contenders to execute their lifesaving mission with greater pressure, stricter guidelines

  • EOD updates training to increase retention, improve readiness

    The explosive ordnance disposal division of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Readiness Directorate here, in collaboration with Air Education and Training Command, is refining and upgrading the curriculum of three courses in order to produce more EOD Airmen, and ensure balanced mission

  • Deployment lessons learned moves F-16 sofware upgrade forward

    For two weeks in June, Eglin units, the 40th Flight Test Squadron and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, tested the M7 F-16 Fighting Falcon software upgrade over the wilds of Alaska in the joint exercise known as Northern Edge.Upon returning from the large-scale deployment, the squadrons' Airmen

  • AF funds development of munitions technology

    Critical Air Force missions take place both day and night in locations around the globe.  In some cases, the use of high-performance munitions is critical to mission success.As a result, the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer program office recently

  • 31st TES F-35s take on Green Flag

     F-35A Lightning IIs from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron played the U.S. Army's primary close air support platform during the latest iteration of the Green Flag exercise, GF 15-08, as the Air Force's program works toward its goal of declaring initial operational capability by the end of this

  • NORTHERN EDGE provides environment for testing new capabilities

    With 18 experiments and initiatives undergoing field testing in Alaskan training ranges throughout Exercise Northern Edge 15, no other venue is as well suited for high-end operational testing."Northern Edge airspace is unique for us in a testing environment because it has a lot of joint players and