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  • CE wins 22 AFSOC awards

    Out of 34 Air Force Special Operations Command award categories, individuals and units from Hurlburt Field's 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron walked away with 22 first place awards. Several of CES's flights took top honors in their respective outstanding flight awards: Explosive

  • Gator Lakes reopens

    The Gator Lakes Golf Course opened Nov. 15 after nearly seven months of renovations. The course, which closed in April, suffered from drought and outdated drainage and irrigation systems, prompting the greens renovation project. Officials expect the greens to be fully matured by May 2007. Meanwhile,

  • Fitness center wraps up intramural cross-country

    The 1st Special Operations Service Squadron fitness center will wrap up its third season of intramural cross country on Dec. 15. The first official race began Nov. 3, each of the five 2 - 5.5 mile races attracted 16 squadron teams and more than 100 participants. Aderholt and Commando fitness center

  • Air Commandos celebrate AF60 with old, new

    The first operational CV-22 Osprey stole the show during an air power demonstration here Nov. 16, commemorating the Air Force's 60th anniversary. As special operations forces simulated a behind-the-lines mission with Air Force Special Operations Command AC-130 gunships firing overhead and MH-53 PAVE

  • Hurlburt mourns loss of 23rd STS fallen comrade

    Senior Airman Brent Pearson, a vehicle mechanic assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron here, was killed in a single vehicle motorcycle crash near Baker, Fla. Saturday. A native of Goodwater, Ala., Airman Pearson was born on Jan. 9, 1981 and entered the Air Force in July, 1999. After technical

  • Red Erwin Award bestowed to two Hurlburt Airmen

    Two of the three Air Force-level Red Erwin Awards were presented to Tech. Sgt. Erik Thompson, 15th Special Operations Squadron, and Senior Airman Lisa Moser, 4th SOS, Nov. 15 by Chief Master Sgt. Tim Steffen, enlisted aircrew career field manager, in a ceremony at the 16th SOS. The Red Erwin Award