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Eglin moves to HPCON Bravo

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, the 96th Test Wing commander, directs Health Protection Condition Bravo…

3 years ago

Hurlburt airmen recognized at Military Appreciation football game

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- The Fort Walton Beach High School Athletics Program hosted the 2021 Military Appreciation football game on…

3 years ago

Eglin test squadron releases GBU-72 for first time

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- While cruising over the Eglin Air Force Base range, a 96th Test Wing F-15E…

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

Innovative contract method speeds up weapons procurement

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The Armament Directorate’s Agile Weapons Division has a new innovative contracting method called the…

3 years ago

Test aircraft to fly night operations next week

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Residents may experience aircraft noise Oct. 4 – 7 when the 40th Flight Test…

3 years ago

Hurlburt Field recognizes Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- A gold star is used to award those who worked hard for something. It signifies a…

3 years ago

Brazilian peppertree invading Eglin ecosystem

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- There’s an unwelcome visitor in Eglin’s forest and installation natural resources managers need help…

3 years ago

84th RADES optimizing long-range radar systems

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, headquartered at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, evaluated the Air Route…

3 years ago

Eglin Airmen control chaos during Afghan evacuation

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, KSA -- There was a constant smell of human waste and body odor in the air.…

3 years ago

VCSAF visits the SHOC-N Battlelab

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Gen. David Allvin, visited the 505th…

3 years ago

Highway 285 to close for test missions

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 96th Test Wing will conduct testing on the Eglin range complex requiring the…

3 years ago

Last of Doolittle Raiders memorialized during ceremony at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –  Remembered as a man who faithfully served his country and was a devoted father…

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

Ground mishap at Navy EOD school

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Today at approximately 9:45 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Navy School Explosive Ordnance…

4 years ago

It’s okay to ask for help

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- When I was a bright-eyed, young Airman eight or nine years ago, one of the first…

4 years ago

Gorillas find success in Alaska

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 58th Fighter Squadron's student and instructor pilots completed required initial qualification training mission…

4 years ago

Highway 285 to close for test missions

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 96th Test Wing will conduct testing on the Eglin range complex requiring the…

4 years ago

F-15E completes first successful maritime JDAM test

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- An 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle demonstrated maritime GBU-31 Joint Direct…

4 years ago

F-35 wing reactivates former squadron

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- As of Aug. 20, 2021, the 60th Fighter Squadron reactivated here under the 33rd Fighter…

4 years ago