Eglin Air Force Base – When an Air Force service member's spouse needs anything from answers to questions, directions to base services or help in a crisis, their organization's Key Spouse is in place for support and guidance.

Washington (AFNS) – The Air Force’s top enlisted Airman, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, along with top enlisted members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on personnel, about the impact budget decisions have on the enlisted force, April 9.

For the third year, a group of Air Commandos made a 450-mile trek between MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa and Hurlburt Field. The so-called “Ruck March” started March 30 and ended April 4 with a ceremony in the Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park.

Hurlburt Field – Boy Scouts from Troop 509 posted the colors during a proclamation-signing ceremony delegating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Month of the Military Child at the community park here April 2.

Hurlburt Field – In the cockpit of a CV-22 Osprey a flight engineer fires up the engines and begins his routine pre-flight inspections. 

Representatives from five northwest Florida counties spent two days in Washington D. C. last week hearing updates from top military officials and sharing ideas with lawmakers. The annual trip of the Northwest Florida Defense Coalition included representatives from Santa Rosa, Escambia, Okaloosa, Walton and Bay Counties.

Washington – Air Force officials announced additional civilian workforce shaping initiatives March 26 in compliance with mandatory funding targets and continuing civilian workforce rebalance to meet skill demands for fiscal 2014 and beyond.

Hurlburt Field -- Four Special Tactics Airmen from Air Force Special Operations Command were recognized with medals for actions downrange in a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 14.

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field is getting a new leader. An AFSOC Public Affairs Spokesman March 19 said Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold has been confirmed and will become the new AFSOC commander. He had been nominated for the position by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.