Articles

  • Angel Fire to save lives

    Angel Fire, a Counter Improvised Explosive Device Network Defeat system was successfully tested recently at the Combined Air Operations Center - Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., by the 505th Operations Squadron as part of a new Air Warfare Initiative asking the 505th Command and Control Wing and its

  • Lower interest rates possible for pre-military debts

    If a person has debt from before entering active duty, they may be able to reduce their interest rate to six percent. This includes credit cards, furniture loans, car loans and private student loans. A pre-military creditor is required to reduce the member's interest rate to six percent upon receipt

  • Hurlburt UCI is coming; time for preparation is now

    Hurlburt Field members should be preparing for the Unit Compliance Inspection and be ready for inspectors to arrive in their shops May 15-23. The purpose of a UCI is to assess areas mandated by law and mission areas identified by senior leadership as critical or important to assess or to assure the

  • Hurlburt tops in nature conservancy

    The Air Force recently announced Hurlburt Field as the winner of the 2007 General Thomas D. White Natural Resource Conservation award in the small base category. This honor recognizes the Installation Natural Resource Management Plan, which manages Hurlburt's 6,634 acres of land, as the best and

  • Preventing child tooth decay: It’s all about the sugar

    Many parents across the country will issue a common refrain at dinnertime tonight: "You'd better eat that--it's good for you!" There's another old favorite in the parental arsenal of dietary admonitions: "Don't eat that--it'll rot your teeth!" Now more than ever, kids are faced with a bewildering

  • AFA, local teachers come together at Hurlburt

    Freezing cold rain and cloudy skies didn't discourage 32 local educators from embarking on an Air Force Association sponsored journey to learn about aircraft and aerospace technology Jan. 26. The 6th Annual AFA Teachers Workshop was held to inspire teachers focusing on aerospace education in their

  • February focuses on child dental health

    February is National Children's Dental Health Month. This month-long national health observance brings together dedicated dental professionals, health care providers and others to promote the benefits of good oral health to children, adults, caregivers, teachers and many others. Healthy teeth and

  • Seven Hurlburt Airmen receive prestigious medals

    Seven adventures which started out in the blazing heat of Iraq ended in the brisk chill of Northwest Florida Jan. 25 when seven Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Mission Support Group were awarded three Bronze Stars and four Air Force Combat Action Medals. Senior Master Sgt. Martin Cortez, and