Hurlburt Field News

The paintball fields located off U.S. Highway 98 could shut down at the end of the month to make room for new privatized housing.

Two airmen at Hurlburt Field have received the Air Force's highest leadership award.

The last active UH-1H Iroquois helicopter, more commonly known as Huey, in the Air Force sits on the flightline June 5, 2013 at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Desjardin, training management section chief for 1st Special Operations Maintenance Operations Squadron , gets assistance from Senior Airman David Curley, noncommissioned officer in charge of physical therapy for 1st Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron, with passive range of motion during physical ... (more)

Honorary commanders watched from a safe distance with night-vision scopes, as a AC-130U Spooky gunship flew overhead firing a 25 mm Gatling gun rounds and 105 mm shells at training targets during a live-fire exercise on the Eglin Range, located on Eglin Air Force Base, May 21. The event is one of the many attended by honorary commanders - civic and ... (more)

Two people died and six others were injured in a crash near Hurlburt Field in the Florida Panhandle.

A Lunch Lingo attendee, left, and William Vander Bought, a French instructor with the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School's Language Center, go over basic French phrases during Lunch Lingo at the Hurlburt Field Library on Hurlburt Field, June 3. Lunch Lingo is a free weekday lunchtime language seminar for Airmen and Department of Defense card ... (more)

Before his arrest last month, a local man accused of trying to kidnap a toddler in Maine was decorated with numerous medals for his service in the U.S. Air Force.

The Maldonado family traveled from around the world for Senior Master Sgt. David Maldonado's retirement from Det.

Lt. Col. Nathan Green and Senior Master Sgt. Davide Keaton last month received the annual Lance P. Sijan award for their service from July 2011 to June 2012.

Commissaries at Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field will be closed an extra day a week starting in July to save money through the end of the fiscal year.

Hurlburt Field personnel successfully completed hurricane and familiarization training for the newly-introduced HURCON five condition during the annual hurricane exercise, HUREX, on Hurlburt Field May 21 to 22. Hurlburt Field is scheduled to enter HURCON 5, representing the lowest level of alert for the duration of the 2013 hurricane season ... (more)

Most of the more than 5,300 civilians employed at Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field will be subject to up to 11 days of unpaid leave between July 8 and the end of the fiscal year Sept.

Commissaries at Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field will be closed an extra day a week starting in July to save money through the end of the fiscal year.

If all continues to go well, construction of the overpass on U.S. Highway 98 at the entrance to Hurlburt Field could begin in mid-July, officials said.

After two years of planning, the Airmen from the 9th Special Operations Squadron and 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron relocated from Eglin Air Force Base to Hurlburt Field AFB.

In addition to fulfilling their military mission, the men and women of the 823rd RED HORSE Squadron change lives around the world.

The Veteran's Tribute Tower Committee and the Emerald Coast Chapter of the Association of the United States Army will host their annual ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday at Beal Memorial Cemetery.

Three years after his death, Brig. Gen. Heinie Aderholt's name is being carried on through a new college scholarship.

Col. Don Johnson, commander of the 96th Operations Group at Eglin Air Force Base, oversaw a review of flight procedures and implementation of the changes.