After months of preparation and training while simultaneously conducting special operations missions around the world, the 1st Special Operations Wing and 720th Special Tactics Group, based at Hurlburt Field, recently earned an overall grade of "excellent" during their first Consolidated Unit Inspection.
Navarre NJROTC cadets win big
Navarre High School NJROTC Raider Battalion cadets won seven banners and three individual medals at the Auburn drill meet held March 2 at Auburn University in Alabama.
Veterans cycling to recover, bring awareness
Army veteran Nathan Green has spent the past five years recovering from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder after he was injured on his deployment to Iraq.
Reserve activates cyberspace operations group
3/2/2013 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force Reserve Command activated the first cyberspace operations group in the Air Force March 1.
Air Force cuts aviation support at public events
WASHINGTON – As the Air Force braces for potential sequester, leadership has cancelled all aviation support to public events for at least the remainder of the fiscal year and is standing down the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team to save flying hours to support readiness needs.
Navarre cadets compete at Nationals
Navarre High School was well represented by 10 Navy JROTC cadets who proved their mettle at the National Orienteering meet in Patuxent, Md.
Corps’ first operational F-35B takes to Yuma skies
Blue skies welcomed the Marine Corps’ first operational F-35B Lightning II flight Feb. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.
AFSOC identifies mission impact of sequestration
Air Force Special Operations Command will be required to implement spending reductions that will have a substantial impact on its mission if sequestration takes effect March 1.
NJROTC honors cadets Hersom, Schultz
The Navarre High School Navy JROTC Raider Battalion honored Junior Cadet Chandler Hersom and Senior Cadet Emily Schultz as its Cadets of the Month for January 2013 on Feb. 2 at the unit’s military ball.
Former CSAF inducted into AFSOC Order of the Sword
HURLBURT FIELD – More than 30 years after arriving at Hurlburt Field as a young MC-130E Combat Talon pilot, the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force returned to receive the highest honor the enlisted force can bestow upon an individual.