Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with pilots at Eglin Air Force Base before speaking to troops inside a hangar there July 10. Hagel said he was confident in the F-35 aircraft, which is currently grounded and under investigation after one of the aircraft caught fire on the runway June 23.

Members of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels attended the commissioning ceremony of Navy Recruit Division 940 - the squadron’s first sponsored division of Navy recruits – June 30 at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, Ill. The Recruit Division Sponsorship Program allows Navy commands to interact with recruits during training and take part in the “Sailorization” process of turning a person into a well-rounded member of the U.S. Navy – making civilians Sailors.

"You will touch the soil of many lands" is a fortune 2nd Lt. Eric Fiel opened 33 years ago from a Chinese fortune cookie. Today, Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel still keeps that fortune in his wallet as he reflects back on his career as an Air Commando and his ultimate job as the head of Air Force Special Operations Command.

Airmen from the 4th Special Operations Squadron and soldiers from the 20th Special Forces Group conducted joint weapons training June 2 through June 13 on the Eglin Range.

Pest management removed an 8-foot-long alligator from beneath a vehicle in the 9th Special Operations Squadron parking lot May 28 on Hurlburt Field. 

Navarre High School NJROTC cadets and cadets-to-be met last week for orientation, drill, physical readiness training and community service.

Eglin Air Force Base – More than 35 Eglin Airmen took to the high seas May 31 in hopes of reeling in a prize catch while also boosting their spiritual resilience.

A mishap occurred at about 10:15 a.m., June 5, involving a Training Air Wing FIVE helicopter at Whiting Field's Outlying Field Spencer near Pace.