Eglin Air Force Base News

Ron Willard, who chased down and shot a family friend, then fired on law enforcement officers attempting to subdue him, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.

Eglin Air Force Base established its first test range in the Gulf of Mexico in 1958.

The first F-35B Joint Strike Fighter landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Sunday afternoon.

Since 2000, Okaloosa county in the Florida panhandle has been trying to get a federal grant for a control tower at Destin Airport, but the FAA has told county officials that there is not enough traffic at the airport to warrant the facility.

Eglin Air Force Base is having a prescribed burn today. Base officials said the fire will target 20 acres that are approximately 2 miles east of State Road 85 and a mile south of Range Road 213, southeast of Duke Field.

The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is preparing for the arrival of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, like the one pictured here as it undergoes testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

A man who claimed the theft of his father's checks and use of his father's credit card was a result of ADHD faces numerous charges of theft, fraud and forgery.

Jeanie Coots was one of four generations of her family who visited Beal Memorial Cemetery for Veterans Day on Wednesday.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory munitions directorate at Eglin Air Force Base plans to run an experiment to test whether navigation and guidance technology originally developed for UAVs can improve the guidance of smart munitions.

Landing the Air Force's next-generation fighter - the F-35- likely will guarantee a long future for two Midlands bases and ensure thousands of jobs will stay in the area, military supporters say.

Eglin Air Force Base will be closed tomorrow because of the projected path of Tropical Storm Ida.

Late last month, the Air Force released a list of 11 candidate installations to base the F-35. Robins Air Force Base was not among the candidates.

A new process has been developed to define how Air Force experts make basing decisions.

The career front can look like the war front at times. A new policy that cuts dwell time after yearlong deployments.

The Air Force is still considering McEntire Joint National Guard Base as one of two Midlands locations for a state-of-the-art fighter jet.

U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio admitted, perhaps somewhat disingenuously, that he's not sure where he and his Republican primary opponent, Gov.

The Air Force is considering putting some of its newest jets in Jacksonville, the Pentagon said Thursday, although a final decision will not be made for about a year.

Luke Air Force Base made the short list as a potential secondary training base for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it was announced Thursday.

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Jacksonville International Airport and an air base in the Panhandle are among the top 10 sites being considered to house the next generation of Air Force fighter jets.