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  • Eglin scientist named best in Air Force

    An Eglin scientist was recently recognized as the Air Force 2013 Senior Civilian Scientist and Engineer of the Year by Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander, at an Oct. 23, ceremony here.Under Dr. Don Grundel 's leadership, the Systems Integration and Interface Branch in the

  • 53rd Wing wins 2 science awards

    Airmen from the 53rd Wing earned two Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) awards this year.  Air Combat Command earned four of the 15 awards despite representing only three percent of the Air Force's entire STEM career field.  Signal jammers, threat warning systems, asset

  • First DOD general officer completes F-35 qualification training

    When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down here around 1 p.m., Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter.Silveria, the commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis

  • Team Eglin supports Army Apache testing

    "Can you hear me now?"Similar to popular cell phone advertisements, Team Eglin's engineers are demonstrating how they provide a connection between different contacts to create a joint network.This network environment being created tests the AH-64E Apache, the Army's first airborne platform equipped

  • 53rd Wing's upgraded B-1 helps train weapons school students

    For the first time students from the US Air Force Weapons School  flew  the newly upgraded Sustainment Block-16 B-1B Lancer during the student's Integration Phase at Nellis AFB, Nev.Dyess Airmen from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron brought the B-1s to Nellis for the weapons school students to