The United States Department of Veterans Affairs in 2013 released a study addressing suicides from 1999-2010 which reflected that roughly 22 veterans were committing suicide per day, or one every 65 minutes.  Thirty-one percent of these suicides were by veterans 49 and younger while 69 percent were by veterans age 50 and older. “I will say the new statistics - the number is even higher and that is really sad,” said Frank Dailey, a former Air Force Chief Master Sgt. from Navarre who works volunteering with struggling veterans.

The 1st Special Operations Contracting Squadron teamed up with the Air Force Test Center Eglin Operational Contracting Division to conduct a contingency exercise here, Feb. 16-18.

Eglin Air Force Base -- A team of medical data analysts recently visited Eglin Hospital to help the 96th Medical Group discover opportunities and utilize its capabilities to the fullest.

Eglin Air Force Base -- As the F-35A Lightning II prepares to fly north in 2020, the Vermont Air National Guard sent an Airman here to become the first National Guardsman to graduate from the Joint Strike Fighter program's Intelligence Formal Training Unit.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. -- One unit on Hurlburt Field is responsible for training all weather airmen who are preparing to deploy with the skills to train and maintain existing weather systems all across the world and test and validate emerging weather-sensing technologies.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. -- John Townsend, the deputy division chief of special operations forces mobility requirements for Air Force Special Operations Command, retired after 42 years of service in and around AFSOC.

After setting aside her Air Force blues and security forces beret, Janine Hank crossed into police officer blue in 2007.  Eight years later, she's wearing and protecting the blue and was recently named the Air Force Security Forces’ Civilian of the Year.

The doctor leaned in and described to Robert Hyde what he might feel during his medical procedure. Shortly thereafter, she made a small incision to his inner thigh area. During the half-hour process, the surgical team watched the large, live-view X-ray machine as the doctor guided a long, thin, flexible green tube though Hyde's blood vessels until reaching the left side of his heart. She searched for the presence of problems with heart function that would prevent him from having corrective heart surgery.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. -- Air Commandos, past and present, and their families gathered to celebrate the service of two iconic aircraft, the AC-130H Spectre and the MC-130P Combat Shadow, during dedication ceremonies at the air park here, Feb. 2.