Honorary commander takes to the skies

It's not every day you get to pull 8.3 Gs and "drop a bomb" on your house, but May 7, Whitney Smith experienced just that.Smith, the honorary commander for the 53rd Wing, had the opportunity to fly in an F-15E Strike Eagle piloted by Maj. William Wooten, of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron.

413th FLTS conducts water bucket operations training

413th FLTS executes aircraft development tests, evaluations

413th tests special ops C-130

Eglin to temporarily host Navy backup F-35C fleet, replace RW 12/30 arresting barriers

The Air Force recently signed an Addendum to the Eglin Base Realignment and Closure 2014 record of decision for two temporary actions - shifting the primary runway to Runway 01/19 (RW 01/19) and allowing a temporary increase in previously limited F-35 operations for the construction-related closure

Nomads hold first F-35A weapons load competition

The 33rd Fighter Wing held its first weapons load competition here, April 3, since the 2009 draw down of the F-15C Eagle mission, to determine the best F-35A Lightning II weapons load crew.Earning the title of the best load crew in the 33rd FW was Staff Sgt. Timothy Gaulden, crew six load crew chief

Reaper deploys live weapons on maritime training target

An MQ-9 Reaper successfully hit a sea-going target with an AGM-114 Hellfire missile during a joint service training exercise over the Eglin water range here, March 17.This was the first time a remotely piloted aircraft hit a maritime target."It was the first time we put live weapons into boats and

Seek Eagle tests POD compatibility on F-15

Seek Eagle tests wing vibration

Red rolls during weapons load competition