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  • C-17 puts flares to the test over Eglin

    A 62nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircrew found itself away from the rainy climate of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and into the sunshine here to participate in an Air Mobility Command flare effectiveness test, that began Feb. 29.The C-17 crew along with a C-5 crew from Travis AFB, Calif.,

  • Test teams aim at new machine gun for Pave Hawk

    Arriving in the rain, an HH-60G Pave Hawk landed here Jan. 5 to begin testing the ballistic dispersion of a GAU-21 .50-caliber machine gun.The Pave Hawk will be here until Jan. 22 where the 412th Test Wing and 418th Flight Test Squadron are providing the facilities, range safety, photographic

  • Military, community break ground on state's largest solar projects

    The Navy and the Air Force broke ground with Gulf Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, today at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, marking the start of construction for three large-scale solar electric generating facilities.Combined, these facilities will have approximately 1.5 million solar

  • AC-130J accident report released

    Air Force Materiel Command released an accident investigation board report for the mishap involving an AC-130J Ghostrider that occurred April 21, 2015.  The mishap occurred while conducting a medium risk flying qualities test sortie over the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 40 miles south of Eglin AFB,

  • Eglin Airmen fly to highlight new tanker

    Former 40th Flight Test Squadron Airman and F-16B pilot took to the sky Oct. 27 in a Fighting Falcon in support of the new KC-46A Pegasus Flight Test Program operating out of Boeing Field in Seattle.Maj. Matt Russell and an aerial photographer flew the mission as part of ongoing tanker flight tests

  • AF COOL roadshow introduces new education assistance program

    Team Eglin was introduced to a new program that will help Airmen E-3 and above with their career advancement goals and beyond, at the enlisted hall here, Sept. 16.Russell Gray, Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online director; and Jason Smith, Community College of the Air Force Credentialing

  • AF Small Business Programs director visits Eglin

    Mark Teskey, Air Force Director of Small Business Programs, visited here July 27 to highlight the importance of driving small business competition and the continuous development of the local industrial base.Teskey met with leadership from the 96th Test Wing; Small Business Office; the Air Force

  • 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