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Eligible officers, enlisted members offered early retirement

Written by Staff Reporters on January 9, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Staff through senior master sergeants and captains through lieutenant colonels in certain Air Force Specialty Codes may apply to retire with fewer than 20 years of active service under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.

B-1B accident report released

Written by Staff Reporters on January 9, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

A displaced fold-down baffle in the left overwing fairing of a B-1B Lancer led to a fuel leak and a series of detonations that disabled the aircraft prior to it crashing Aug. 19, 2013, near Broadus, Montana, according to an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released Dec. 30, 2013.

No comm, no bomb

Written by Staff Reporters on December 26, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

HURLBURT FIELD - Silence. Picking up the phone or transmitting over a radio to get no response on the other end can be an eerie feeling, especially when Airmen deployed to a remote location seek directions on what they need to do, where they need to go, and how to get there.

AFSOC bases implement new, faster emergency notification system

Written by Staff Reporters on December 26, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

HURLBURT FIELD - We've all heard the outside 'giant voice,' received a telephone call from the command post or seen that pop-up alert on our work computer during an emergency at one time or another. But do these methods provide instant accountability?

From Build to Boom: Munitions Line Delivery

Written by Staff Reporters on December 26, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

HURLBURT FIELD - Those within earshot of Eglin Range can hear the sound of freedom raining from the sky as 25, 40 and 105mm rounds strike targets with precise accuracy.

NHS orienteering team takes home first place

Written by Staff Reporters on December 26, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

The Navarre High School NJROTC orienteering team successfully defended its championship recently, and will be traveling to Oak Mountain, Ala., in hopes of qualifying for nationals for yet another year as the champs.

Wounded EOD tech receives new home

Written by Staff Reporters on December 19, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

HURLBURT FIELD - The morning alarm wakes him. He gets dressed, brushes his teeth and gets his 2-year-old son ready for the day.

AFSOC commander nominated for Order of the Sword

Written by Staff Reporters on December 19, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

HURLBURT FIELD - Enlisted Air Commandos lined the flightline at Hurlburt Field last Friday to surprise Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, on his Order of the Sword nomination.

Blue Angels send off Snowball Express

Written by Staff Reporters on December 19, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

PENSACOLA – The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, welcomed 16 local families of fallen military heroes to the Pensacola Regional Airport on Thursday before their flight to a Snowball Express event in Fort Worth, Tex.

Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record health program aims to improve continuity of care for Veterans

Written by Staff Reporters on December 12, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System and specific community-based medical facilities in Northwest Florida have partnered together to share a limited amount of electronic veteran patient data securely through the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) health program.