53rd Wing

Eglin Airmen selected for promotion to master sergeant (list)

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Several Team Eglin Airmen have been selected for promotion to senior master sergeant, Eglin…

12 months ago

MQ-9 Reaper launched using Portable Aircraft Control Station

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – An MQ-9 Reaper has been launched using a Portable Aircraft Control Station, demonstrating the…

2 years ago

53rd Wing completes first-ever guided launch of AIM-120D3

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A 53rd Wing F-15E Strike Eagle executed the first-ever guided launch of the AIM-120D3…

3 years ago

Black Flag allows Air Force to “test like we fight,” enhance night-one capabilities [PHOTOS]

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  The 53rd Wing conducted Black Flag 22-1, bringing together four branches of the U.S.…

3 years ago

Eglin’s 53rd Wing welcomes F-15Cs from Nellis

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The end of an era has arrived. One of the last few F-15Cs recently departed…

3 years ago

82nd Aerial Targets Squadron’s watercraft prove critical in Air Force mission

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron has a unique mission of providing aerial targets for…

3 years ago

53rd Wing’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron receives accolades

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron based out of Barksdale Air Force Base received…

3 years ago

19 Eglin airmen promoted to senior master sergeant

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Congratulations to all of Team Eglin's Airmen on their selection for promotion to senior…

3 years ago

Big bomber visits Eglin [PICTORIAL]

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A 53rd Wing B-52 Stratofortress visited Eglin Air Force Base on Feb 22, 2022,…

3 years ago

53rd Wing bomber test avionics software update

DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron completed a test of the Sustainment Block-18 avionics…

3 years ago

Eagle II fires first missile during live-fire event

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Flying over the Gulf of Mexico, the Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-15EX Eagle…

3 years ago

F-35A reaches milestone test with refurbished nuclear gravity bombs

Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. -- F-35A Lightning II aircraft recently released B61-12 Joint Test Assemblies during the F-35A’s first Full…

3 years ago

F-16s fly over Niceville, Crestview games for POW/MIA ceremonies

NICEVILLE, Fla. – F-16 fighter jets from Eglin Air Force Base performed flyovers on September 24 at the home high…

3 years ago

ACC commander completes F-15EX qualification

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, flew the F-15EX Eagle II here…

3 years ago

New commander for the 53rd Wing

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 53rd Wing welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony here…

4 years ago

53rd Wing welcomes F-15EX “002”

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 53rd Wing welcomed the second F-15EX Eagle II to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.,…

4 years ago

53rd Wing brings cruise missile tests to climatic lab

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 53rd Wing brought its test and evaluation mission here to the McKinley Climatic…

4 years ago

Orange Flag, Black Flag collaborate

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Orange Flag, the large force test event combined with the 53rd Wing’s Black Flag, to bring a…

4 years ago

Female fighter pilots test modified “G-suit”

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A modified version of the Advanced Technology Anti-Gravity Suits was successfully tested by five female…

4 years ago

B-1B and B-52 visit 53d Wing [PHOTOS]

“Airmen are what makes the Air Force excellent,” said Mathis. “By seeing the weight, size and bomb bays of these…

6 years ago