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  • 6th SOS moves from Hurlburt to Duke Field

    Airmen of 6th Special Operations Squadron, including their Vietnam-era veterans and former counterparts, attended a transition ceremony for their unit at the Commando Hangar at Hurlburt Field Sept. 28.After a long history and connection to the current 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field,

  • 1st SOFSS: All in a day's work

    If you have been to a fitness center, grabbed a bite to eat at a dining facility or checked in at lodging at Hurlburt Field, you most likely were helped by one of the Airmen of the 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron. The 1st SOFSS supports more than 40,000 active duty, civilians,

  • New honorary commanders join legacy

    Base leadership welcomed their local community counterparts as part of the 2012-2013 Honorary Commanders Program during a banquet at the Soundside Club at Hurlburt Field Sept. 21.Leadership from the 1st Special Operations Wing, 505th Command and Control Wing, Air Force Special Operations Training

  • POW/MIA ceremony remembers all, renews promise

    More than 50 Air Commandos paid tribute to captured and missing service members during a Prisoner of War and Missing in Action recognition ceremony at the Airpark at Hurlburt Field Sept. 21. Congress established National POW/MIA Recognition Day in 1998, and the event is honored at Air Force Bases

  • Sister Strong to unite area military spouses

    Members of a new program designed to bring local military spouses together will launch their first event in October. Sister Strong, an organization made up of spouses of service members from Eglin, Hurlburt Field, 7th Special Forces Group and the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, was recently created

  • Happy 65th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!

    Dozens of Hurlburt Airmen gathered at the Riptide Dining Facility Sept. 18 to mark the Air Force's 65th birthday.  The gathering marked the creation of the Air Force as its own independent branch within the U.S. military Sept.18, 1947. In keeping with Air Force tradition, the most senior- and

  • Base commissary closed - Sept. 30-Oct. 3

    The Hurlburt Field commissary will close at 3:00 p.m. Sept. 30 and reopen at 9:00 a.m. Oct. 3. The commissary will undergo a "reset" as part of the Defense Commissary Agency's ongoing effort to enhance the shopping experience."We hate to inconvenience our customers with the closure," said Jack

  • Past, present, future celebrated at inaugural Hurlburt Ball

    Hurlburt Field Airmen celebrated the Air Force's 65th anniversary with the first formal military ball in the base's history at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island Sept. 14. Nearly 1,200 Air Commandos and their guests attended the black-tie event, themed "Reflecting on our Past,

  • CMSAF #5 to Airmen: 'Dazzle the Air Force'

    The fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force visited locations on Hurlburt Field Sept. 14 to talk with Airmen about how aptitude, attitude and motivation can create opportunity. During his visit retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor had breakfast with Airmen from

  • Hurlburt's Feds Feed Families tops goal

    Hurlburt Field wrapped up the Feds Feed Families food drive at the base commissary Aug. 24. This year's food drive built on last year's success by collecting 6,231.13 pounds of goods donated by the base community. "Last year, Hurlburt Field donated 3,500 pounds," said Airman 1st Class Rayna