Eglin Air Force Base News

Airmen carry the guidons for the 9th Special Operations Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron as they run the 14.7 miles from Eglin Air Force Base to their new home at Hurlburt Field early Monday morning.

They saw each other for only two or three months in 1975. But Hoan and Len Nguyen and their extended family never stopped thinking about Jack and Annette Briggs.

As their time began to run out, they inserted protractors, rulers and other small measuring tools around the shells of the 50-caliber explosives burrowed in the sand.

The forbidden word is noticeably missing from many statements about the triservice F-35 Lightning joint strike fighter, which is now the longest-delayed program in aviation history.

An F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot with the 58th Fighter Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base conducts aerial refueling for certification at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 13.

On Thursday, Makensie and Corey Griffin, now 12 and 14 years old, respectively, flanked the updated monument and pulled off a white sheet at their mother's whispered cue.

Military shoppers at the Eglin Exchange probably don't give a second thought as to which credit card to use at checkout.

Capt. Mitchell Kieffer and Staff Sgt. Lara Ishikawa warm up before running laps at the Academy indoor track during the Wounded Warrior Games Training Camp held in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 17, 2013.

As the trumpets sounded, men and women in uniform slowly raised their hands in salute to honor law enforcement officers who have gone on before them.

Col. Andrew J. "Drifter" Toth, commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing, the "Nomads" at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, was talking about the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter when he acknowledged a flight restriction on the airplane.

By this time next year, Lt. Col. Matthew Bradley's F-16 fighter jet will be looping, flipping and rolling through the sky to the delight of a crowd gathered below.

Some in Holland are asking questions about the F-35 military jet similar to what's typically asked by those living in the flight path of the Burlington Air National Guard Base.

The man who was supposed to lead the Air Force's sex assault prevention efforts will stand trial July 18 in Arlington, Va., on a charge of sexual battery.

Team Eglin Public Affairs 5/9/2013 - EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- As a security forces Airman, you've just arrived for your deployment to the Joint Defense Operations Center at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.

The visitors day will include demonstrations and exhibits of the type of work Green Berets perform in the field.

The initiative, known as FTI, is a pilot program designed to provide Airmen greater variety, availability, and quality of food, while maintaining home station and warfighting feeding capabilities.

The school was evacuated for two days while technicians determined how best to disarm the bomb, but it should reopen today, said Lois Walsh, a spokeswoman for Eglin Air Force Base.

Eglin Air Force Base has a controlled burn near Yellow River Bridge, or State Road 87, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

An advanced F-35 Lighting II joint strike fighter taxis on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

This year's open house at the Army Ranger Camp James E. Rudder has been canceled because of federal budget cuts.