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.

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.

The 46th Test Squadron celebrated their 30th anniversary Oct. 1 with a small-time capsule ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eglin Air Force Base — “Anyone who’s been stationed or worked at Eglin and spent time in the Fort Walton Beach area knows, it’s a place that always feels like home.”

Eglin Air Force Base — The Eglin Community Library re-opened Aug. 27 after a $230,000 refresh project which began in March 2023.