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Air Force names first female SERE specialist to chief master sergeant rank

Written by Staff Reporters on January 8, 2025. Posted in Military, News.

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas - Tiffany Zaloudek became the first female survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialist to earn the rank of chief master sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force, Nov 1.

Next Generation Aircrew Protection team conducts AC-130J vapor purge testing

Written by Staff Reporters on December 31, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

The Next Generation Aircrew Protection team performed innovative vapor purge testing on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, from June 24 to December 6, 2024.

Base, community respond in aircraft crash exercise

Written by Staff Reporters on December 31, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

The 96th Test Wing and local emergency response agencies participated in a large-scale aircraft accident response exercise Dec. 11.

Air Commandos remember the crew of GUNDAM-22 on first anniversary

Written by Staff Reporters on December 20, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

Hurlburt Field - Nov 29, 2024, marks one year since a CV-22 Osprey, assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing, crashed near Yakushima, Japan, while participating in a joint interoperability exercise resulting in the loss of the eight crew members aboard.

ACC leaders visit command’s sole C2 wing

Written by Staff Reporters on December 20, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Air Combat Command, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, ACC command chief, visited the 505th Command and Control Wing, Nov. 14. Wilsbach and Wolfe were accompanied by their spouses, Mrs. Cindy Wilsbach and Dr. Doniel Wolfe.

New air-to-surface weapon achieves milestone release

Written by Staff Reporters on December 13, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

Eglin Air Force Base - A tactical air-to-surface missile, known as the Stand-in Attack Weapon, successfully released from a 40th Flight Test Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon for the first time Nov. 7 over the Gulf of Mexico.

“Hands go, hands come”: An Airman’s journey from Ghana to graduation

Written by Staff Reporters on December 13, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

Hurlburt Field - “There were bushfires and famine; people were dying of hunger—it was horrible.”

Growing up in Ghana, Staff Sgt. Barfi’s younger years were marked by conflict and adversity, but it was not the challenges that defined him rather, it was the kindness of strangers that shaped the course of his life.

Bivouac exercise tests missions support group’s rapid deployment capabilities

Written by Staff Reporters on December 4, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

Approximately 160 mission support group Airmen completed a field training exercise practicing rapid deployment capabilities at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 3-7, 2024.

Rain doesn’t hamper Veterans Day in Navarre

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 11, 2024. Posted in Community, Military.

Despite the rain, a crowd of over 50 people gathered beneath a pavilion at Navarre Park Monday, Nov. 11, to pay tribute to veterans and honor the sacrifices they and their families make. Each Nov. 11, groups such as American Legion Post 382, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 11367, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, and local Scouting America (Boy Scout) troops gather at Navarre Park to celebrate Veterans Day.

NAS Pensacola to close base to the public on Oct. 31

Written by Staff Reporters on October 28, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

While the Navy base prepares for the upcoming Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola 2024 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow, there will be no public access to the installation Oct. 31.