Articles

  • SOLRS sweeps 2006-2007 intramural basketball championships

    The 1st Special Operations Logistic Readiness Squadron took the 2006-2007 intramural basketball championship title during the last game of the season April 4. With 23 teams challenging their skills, SOLRS had their hands full. SOLRS team members said motivation was the deciding factor in each of

  • Flight med sick call procedures to change

    In order to serve our flying community with high quality medical care in a timely fashion, the Hurlburt Field Flight Medicine Clinic is making the following changes: Effective May 1, all sick call patients will be booked into scheduled acute appointments the same day or within 24 hours. In addition

  • Inspiration comes from unusual source for one Airman

    Over the past few months, while doing my physical training every morning at the Aderholt Fitness Center, I noticed a person helping an elderly, white-haired gentleman exercise with weights and various equipment. I thought to myself that they were probably retired chiefs or colonels coming to

  • Construction at main gate set to begin this month

    The Hurlburt Field main gate on U.S. Highway 98 is set to undergo a major facelift over the course of the next year. The 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron is scheduled to begin work April 27 on the main gate portion of the $6.5 million antiterrorism/force protection military

  • Marines, MV-22s invade Hurlburt Field

    At approximately 10:15 a.m. March 27, Hurlburt Field was invaded. But have no fear; it was just 100-plus U.S. Marines and their eight MV-22 Ospreys, and they came here to train with the Air Commandos. For nearly two weeks, Marines from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 based out of

  • Don’t be stupid; wear your seat belt

    Thousands of people die in vehicular accidents each year. Personnel on military installations are no exception, prompting the Department of Defense to enact a 100 percent seatbelt wear policy on all military installations, resulting in fewer deaths and limited bodily injury from car crashes. "Habits

  • Couple reaches milestone together

    Retirement day is a day Airmen look forward to for 20 or more years. It is a day that marks the end of an era in their life, one that is happy and sad all at the same time. But for two Hurlburt Field officers, that day was even more special because they got to celebrate it with each other. On March

  • RED HORSE rides to promote motorcycle safety

    The 823rd RED HORSE Squadron held its first motorcycle safety poker run March 30 to educate the less experienced cyclists on riding safely, no matter what the terrain. Col. Steve Hammock, 823rd RED HORSE commander, opened the session with a few words to his Airmen. "This is a great opportunity for

  • Aviation Week honors Hurlburt’s gunship units

    The 1st Special Operations Wing's AC-130 squadrons were honored recently for their achievements in operations by an international air and space magazine. The 4th and 16th Special Operations Squadrons received the 2007 Aviation Week Laureate Award for Operations during a banquet held March 20 at the