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Air Force Warrior Games training this month
The U.S. Air Force Wounded Warrior Program, in coordination with Brig. Gen. David Harris, 96th Test Wing commander, will host an Air Force Adaptive Sports Training Camp at Eglin Air Force Base from April 12 through 17 followed by an Air Force Warrior Games Team training camp from April 17 through 23.
No injuries reported in training ‘mishap’
A Training Air Wing FIVE helicopter had what officials are calling a “training mishap” at around 6:45 p.m. Friday, March 27, at Naval Air Station Whiting Field’s Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 in Pensacola.
In memory of Chief Binnicker: leader, hero, legend
Family members, friends and airmen are mourning the loss of a true American treasure – Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force #9 James C. Binnicker.
New adjutant general to take command of Fla. National Guard
A new adjutant general takes command of the nearly 12,000 troops of the Florida National Guard on Sunday.
Groundbreaking kicks off construction for new homes at Eglin AFB
Corvias Military Living, the military housing division of Corvias Group, celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, March 20, marking the start of construction of 747 new homes, as well as a 12,000-square-foot community center, on Eglin Air Force Base.
Quilt of Valor presented to NATTC commanding officer
Capt. Alan Dean, commanding officer of Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC), received a hand-made quilt from the Flying Needles Quilt Guild of Niceville during a small ceremony March 6, as part of the Quilt of Valor program.
WSRE will host preview screening of ‘Last Days in Vietnam’
WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, will present a special preview screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Last Days in Vietnam” on Tuesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio. Admission is free.
Hurlburt Airman named Air Force Military Tester
Master Sgt. Daniel Drennen, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron flight chief, was awarded the 2014 National Defense Industrial Association Air Force Military Tester of the year award at the annual NDIA Test and Evaluation conference in Springfield, Va., March 2 through 4.
Wounded AFSOC intelligence officer gifted with new home
An Air Force Special Operations Command Air Commando permanently paralyzed from an enemy attack in 2013 will receive a mortgage-free home from the nonprofit organization Building Homes for Heroes, officials announced March 6 during a Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce breakfast.