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  • FY-15 second quarter status of discipline

    The following disciplinary actions occurred here between April and June:A staff sergeant from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron received a reduction in rank to senior airman, forfeiture of $655.50, and a reprimand for the wrongful use of hydrocodone and hydromorphone.An airman 1st class from

  • More than 240 Airmen selected for staff sergeant

    Air Force officials selected 13,269 of 39,260 eligible senior airmen to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 33.8 percent.  The average score for those selected was 399.52, with an average time in grade of 2.22 years and time in service of 4.68, respectively.  Weighted factor averages included the

  • Welcome to Team Eglin: newcomers orientation streamlined

    The Newcomers orientation here has been streamlined from six hours to four, but the information it provides to new Team Eglin members still contributes to a successful duty assignment."The program gives newly assigned Airmen a positive jump start on what this base's mission is and how they can

  • Eglin passenger terminal services military, civilian flyers

    The Eglin passenger terminal, operated by the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Air Operations section, provides air travel for eligible passengers on official travel and space available travel.The terminal operates here and at Duke Field, depending on where aircraft arrive or depart from,

  • EES/WAPS briefing team to visit Eglin

    Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center will visit the base July 20 to share information about Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System changes.During the briefing, EES/WAPS subject matter experts will speak about changes that have already been

  • Memorial Trail to get facelift

    The 96th Civil Engineer Group will soon take the thrill out of driving to the base commissary on Memorial Trail.Anyone who's driven Memorial Trail is familiar with the rollercoaster-like dips between the base commissary and the FamCamp. Hit the dip at the right speed and you might feel like you're

  • Traffic pattern changes begin near West gate

    The 96th Civil Engineer Group advises motorists coming onto or leaving the base through the West gate to take note as they approach the West gate chapel on Eglin Boulevard. They will soon experience new traffic patterns to increase safety.The road work is expected to be finished July 10 and new

  • Marine graduates AF's only F-35 intelligence course

    The first U.S. Marine Corps officer graduated the Air Force's only F-35 Lightning II Intelligence Formal Training Unit course here June 24.The formal course combines fifth-generation fighter-specific and general intelligence academics applicable to the F-35 and the low observable global strike

  • 19 years later, 19 still remembered

    In keeping with tradition, the men and women of the 33rd Fighter Wing held the 19th Khobar Towers memorial ceremony here, June 25, to remember 12 fallen Nomads and seven other service members.On June 25, 1996, a truck-bomb was detonated adjacent to Khobar Tower in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that