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Pensacola News Journal
April 28, 2018
... and Eglin Air Force Base helped steer him into aviation. "As a kid, you always have aspirations to have an 'awesome job' like astronaut, doctor, firefighter, or pilot," said Mayor. "Seeing aircraft from both the Air Force and Navy flying around on an almost daily basis just further inspired the idea of becomingÃâà...
Wichita Eagle (blog)
April 26, 2018
We had a close-knit Boeing/Air Force test team that was not biased to Boeing or to the Air Force, but to the taxpayer to get the best product at the lowest cost. When we arrived back in Wichita, we ... We tested the APU in snowstorms and at the climatic hangar at Eglin Air Force Base. We finally got it right andÃâà...
News Chief
April 25, 2018
The photo, taken April 7 at northwest Florida's Eglin Air Force Base, which houses a training area for the Alabama National Guard, shows Pfc. William Snyder, all but hidden by a ghillie suit and natural camouflage, as a non-poisonous black racer snake crawls across the barrel of his semiautomatic rifle, justÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
April 20, 2018
Over 120 wounded , ill or injured service men and women took part in a week-long Warrior CARE event at Eglin Air Force Base as part of the US Air Force Wounded Warrior Program. ... Teams mill about as they ready for the start of the Warrior CARE event wheelchair basketball games at Eglin AFB.
WJHG-TV
April 10, 2018
So Gulf Power and Eglin Air Force Base are teaming up to give them a second chance before they get on the endangered species list. The funds that Gulf Power provides, allows the tortoises to be rescued, transported, and relocated to the air force base. Eglin began taking in the gopher tortoises last yearÃâà...
WEAR
April 8, 2018
Military officials said Major Stephen Del Bagno was killed when his F-16 fighter jet went down. The Air Force said Del Bagno was in his first year with the Flight Demonstration Team. Before joining the Thunderbirds, the 34-year-old served as an F-35A evaluator pilot with the 58th Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base.
WEAR
April 6, 2018
One person was killed in a crash in Okaloosa County. It happened Thursday around 2:40 p.m.. Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. JD Johnson said a Freightliner semi-truck and Volvo collided on Highway 98 and A 21 Road, in Mary Esther. It took state troopers 30 to 40 minutes to get on scene due to traffic back up. At this time, theÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
April 5, 2018
EGLIN AFB — Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, the Thunderbirds pilot who died Wednesday in a crash in Nevada, had been assigned to Eglin Air Force Base immediately before he joined the Air Force's precision flight team.
The Northwest Florida Daily News
March 26, 2018
Decaying pine needles and light-green, chigger-filled deer moss cover the ground by their gravesite, which is situated by Garnier Bayou and on the edge of the Eglin Air Force Base reservation near Shalimar. And a chain-link fence surrounds the small "Davis Cemetery," which is named for the murderÃâà...
Nasdaq
March 26, 2018
Valued at $523.1 million, the contract was awarded by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Dominance Contracting Office, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The modification also provides for the production of AMRAAM's 32 nd Lot and other AMRAAM systems items. Raytheon will execute the taskÃâà...
The News Herald
March 25, 2018
EGLIN AFB — Problems with repairing parts and acquiring spare parts for the F-35 Lightning II could jeopardize pilot training for the next-generation stealth ... In a Thursday email, the senator's press office said Rubio's staff “recently met with the commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base toÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
March 24, 2018
EGLIN AFB — Problems with repairing parts and acquiring spare parts for the F-35 Lightning II could jeopardize pilot training for the next-generation ... In a Thursday email, the senator's press office said Rubio's staff “recently met with the commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base toÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
March 23, 2018
The 120,000-square-mile range is used by a wide array of military units, including Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing and 96th Test Wing, and the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field. The Gulf Test Range accommodates high-altitude supersonic air combat training, air-to-airÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
March 19, 2018
Officers detained the man and found a Sig Sauer P938, a gun that was reported stolen from Eglin Air Force Base on Jan. 14, in his pants pocket. They also found 1 gram of marijuana on his person. He was charged with one count of carrying a concealed firearm without a permit, a felony, and marijuanaÃâà...
AirForceTimes.com
March 16, 2018
Dyer, an explosive ordnance disposal instructor with the 366th Training Squadron Detachment 3 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, was visiting his family in rural Missouri when the ... The rain eventually flooded the single road and bridge to and from Dyer's location, according to an Air Force news release.
Santa Maria Times
March 16, 2018
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- In the midst of brain injury awareness ... Thomas Piazza, invisible wounds clinic medical director, and his staff prepare to deliver the Air Force's first comprehensive TBI center as part of its Invisible Wounds Initiative. The construction of the temporary TBI facility andÃâà...
Chambersburg Public Opinion
March 13, 2018
Employees received External Support Team of the Quarter awards from the U.S. Air Force Long Range Systems Division, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Air Force Col. Christopher B. Athern recognized them for their support of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and Miniature Air-LaunchedÃâà...
WEAR
February 26, 2018
Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) says a bomb threat temporarily closed the Air Force Armament Museum last week. On Friday, February 23, the Andalusia Police Department in Alabama was told by a man that there was a bomb in the Air Force Armament Museum. Andalusia police arrested the man and relayed the information toÃâà...
Destin Log
February 24, 2018
Bounded roughly by Eglin Air Force Base, Hurlburt Field and Destin Executive Airport, the skies above this part of Northwest Florida are teeming with military ... Bounded roughly by Eglin Air Force Base (which includes Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport), the Air Force Special Operations Command's HurlburtÃâà...
Destin Log
February 23, 2018
Bounded roughly by Eglin Air Force Base, Hurlburt Field and Destin Executive Airport, the skies above this part of Northwest Florida are teeming with military, commercial and private aircraft. FORT WALTON BEACH — It's informally known as “The Triangle,” and it encompasses some of the most complexÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
February 23, 2018
Sgt. Kelli Helfinstine, base veterinary technician, gives Pako, a 96th Security Forces Squadron, a scratch on the head after her Air Force Achievement Medal ceremony Feb. ... Staff Sgt. Shane Massie, Pako's first handler and now Eglin AFB's MWD trainer, stayed with the dog that night in intensive care.
Pensacola News Journal
February 20, 2018
Nicknames like "zombie dog" aren't just given to the average pooch. They have to endure something pretty unbelievable to earn a moniker like that. That's the name some Eglin Air Force Base sergeants started calling Pako, a 5-year-old military working dog, days after the Belgian Malinois survived a healthÃâà...
AirForceTimes.com
February 15, 2018
Army Sgt. Kelli Helfinstine, base veterinary technician, gives Pako, a 96th Security Forces Squadron, a scratch on the head after her Air Force Achievement Medal ceremony Feb. 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Helfinstine was awarded the medal for her efforts in saving Pako's life when he suffered a heatÃâà...
Air Force Link
February 14, 2018
Pako, a five-and-a-half-year-old 96th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, suffered a heat stroke last year and died. The base veterinary clinic helped revive him and bring him back through CPR procedures. He beat almost insurmountable odds (for dogs) to survive heat stroke and CPR to makeÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
February 4, 2018
EGLIN AFB — A laboratory that develops mission data files for countries using the F-35 Lightning II will get some new equipment under a recently awarded ... s facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, to the Australia, Canada, United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory (ACURL) at Eglin Air Force Base, said JohnÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
December 31, 1999
With the exception of Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field, there are no tornado sirens in Okaloosa county. County Director of Public Safety Alvin Henderson said the county relies primarily on smartphone technology and emergency alert systems to blast out severe weather notifications electronicallyÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
December 31, 1999
Dr. Ken Barker, Air Force senior leader for Systems Engineering and acting director of Engineering and Technical Management/Services, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, presents the 2017 Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Engineering Frederick T. Rall Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award toÃâà...
