Nov 5, 2024
The history of honoring our veterans
Veteran’s Day is celebrated in many countries worldwide, and the United States takes November 11 as seriously as any other; with roughly 18 million veterans in the U.S., it’s important to honor those keeping our country, our allies, and civilians safe.
Nov 4, 2024
Leadership in Blue: Formal graduation returns for Airman Leadership School
Eglin Air Force Base — Dress blues, brightly colored ribbons, mirror-shined shoes and polished chrome sparkled as the formal Airman Leadership School graduation ceremony returned Oct. 17 for the first time in seven years.
Oct 28, 2024
Developer, Air Force aerial systems conduct flight test together
Eglin Air Force Base – With the low rumble of Air Force fighter engines echoing in the distance, four and then eight motorized propellers of two unmanned aerial systems (UAS) buzzed to life in an open field of the Eglin Test and Training Range Oct. 8.
Oct 23, 2024
Air Force Recruiting Service celebrates meeting goal with bell-ringing ceremony
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — The Air Force Recruiting Service reached a significant milestone as it marked the achievement of its Fiscal Year 2024 recruiting goal with a time-honored bell-ringing ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Oct. 1.
Oct 16, 2024
46th Test Squadron celebrates 30 years
The 46th Test Squadron celebrated their 30th anniversary Oct. 1 with a small-time capsule ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base.
Oct 15, 2024
Coley outshines peers at Navy Supply Corps School graduation
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ariel Coley, a native of Crestview, was honored with the Navy League’s Honor, Courage and Commitment Award during graduation exercises on Sept. 20 at the Navy Supply Corps School (NSCS) in Newport, Rhode Island.
Oct 8, 2024
Eglin pilot surpasses 10K hours in C-130
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — Ten thousand hours. It’s equivalent to 416 days, more than a full year of time. That’s the amount of hours Gary Hogg spent piloting the Air Force’s various C-130 Hercules models across his 41-year career.
Oct 2, 2024
Robins fire department, WR-ALC join for confined space rescue training
Robins Air Force Base, Ga. — The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex and 778th Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services team joined for confined space rescue training at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 18, 2024.
Oct 1, 2024
Military leaders learn communication tactics at Triad Summit
Dover Air Force BASE, Del. — Communication is a concept that can be both simple and difficult, whether it be verbal or nonverbal, a person’s intent can be clouded. In the military, a squadron’s ability to complete the mission could hinge on its leaders’ success in communicating with each other properly.
Sep 24, 2024
Six words to save a life
A deep sense of relief settled over Staff Sgt. Terrance Grasty.
It was April 18, 2018, and Grasty, an Air Force civil engineering non-commissioned officer, worked to break up concrete. In an undisclosed, deployed location in the Middle East, Grasty looked around at the Airmen around him, joking and laughing with one another as they worked.