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. 

KEFLAVIK, Iceland —  A team of Reservists from Duke Field, Florida, demonstrated the versatility of the C-146A Wolfhound aircraft while supporting joint and NATO forces during Exercise Northern Viking 2024 in Keflavik, Iceland, Aug. 26 – Sept. 4, 2024.

The 96th Test Wing commander opened his first all-call Aug. 29 by talking about family and what it means to return home.

Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico – Eglin Air Force Base’s own 96th Medical Group once again claimed the top spot at the 15th annual Medic Rodeo held last week at Cannon, New Mexico.

The 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron recently collaborated with their Danish and Norwegian counterparts in support of the delivery of F-16s from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine, as announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier last month at the NATO Public Forum.