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  • Observe fireworks safety everyday

    Family cookouts, vacations and fireworks are just a few things we look forward to during our Independence Day celebrations. The glowing sparklers, the popping of firecrackers and that loud thud as a mortar travels through the air make our hearts race with anticipation to see what the next explosion

  • CDC opens long awaited annex

    The Child Development Center staff, children, families and distinguished guests gathered June 27 to celebrate the grand opening of the long awaited CDC Annex. The opening of the new annex increases the daily capacity of the CDC from 172 children to 226. "Services understands the importance child

  • Officer wins AF ATC award

    An officer with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron was named as the winner of an Air Force Airfield Operations award in an announcement made by Air Force officials June 13. Capt. Derek Molloy, the airfield operations flight commander, won the 2006 Col. Derrel L. Dempsey Officer of the Year

  • Two AFSOC Airmen among AF’s 12 Outstanding

    Two Airmen assigned to the 720th Special Tactics Group were recently selected as two of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2007. Tech. Sgt. Jonathan McCoy and Staff Sgt. David Orvosh competed with other nominees representing major commands, direct reporting units, field operating

  • Judges hand down sentencing for four Airmen during month of June

    Two special courts-martial were held at Hurlburt Field recently. On June 11, Senior Airman Kevin Mitchell, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, pled guilty in a special court-martial to misuse of his government travel card for purchases and cash advances while not on government

  • Record corrections now available online for Airmen

    The base military personnel flight is no longer the first stop for those who want to have their records considered for correction by the Board for Correction of Military Records. Since March 31 Airmen have been able to get the BCMR ball rolling without even leaving their home, office or desk. To

  • Hurlburt's Air Commandos grant a special wish

    Air Force Special Operations Command and the 1st Special Operations Wing hosted a visit from a 17-year-old leukemia patient and his family June 14 and 15, a result of a wish granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.Airyque Ervin, from Vallejo, Calif., was diagnosed with two forms of leukemia in

  • General Wooley tapped for Order of the Sword

    Air Force Special Operations Command's top Air Commando was recognized Sunday by his enlisted force at Hurlburt Field with an invitation to become only the sixth recipient of the AFSOC Order of the Sword. Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley, AFSOC commander, was obviously moved and surprised by the

  • Hurlburt Airmen receive Combat Action Medal

    The Air Force chief of staff presented the first Air Force Combat Action Medals to six Airmen during an 8 a.m. ceremony Tuesday at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. Gen. T. Michael Moseley awarded the new medals to recognize Air Force members who were engaged in air or ground combat "outside