Articles

  • Insurance rate hikes could leave homeowner's in bind

    Hurricane season is drawing to a close and, fortunately for all, it has been relatively calm on the Gulf Coast compared to the devastation seen by the past few year's brutal beatings. However, the aftershocks of such elemental forces as hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina are still battering the

  • 14th WPS conducts exercise over Mobile

    The U.S. Air Force Weapons School's, 14th Weapons Squadron located here conducted a two-hour military exercise in the downtown Mobile, Ala., area recently. The exercise, which took place near Dauphin Street, is part of the AC-130 Weapons Instructor Course and is designed to closely simulate combat

  • Energy Awareness Month highlighted on Hurlburt Field

    October is Energy Awareness Month, and many people on base are helping Hurlburt conserve energy without even realizing it. The 16th Civil Engineer Squadron worked behind the scenes and completed a $2.7 million energy project in August 2005. The project included retrofitting lights in 45 buildings,

  • Air Commando aircraft history ahead of its time

    (This is part two in a series of Air Commando history articles leading up to the re-activation of the 1st Special Operations Wing here Nov. 16) The World War II Air Commando force consisted of C-47 and UC-64 transports, P-51 fighters, L-1 and L-5 utility aircraft, CG-4A and TG-5 gliders, B-25

  • What does it hurt? Making sense of professionalism

    What does it hurt? If someone has sunglasses on their head or hands in their pockets while in uniform, what does it hurt to tell them? What does it hurt to tell someone to please get off the phone, especially when our national anthem is playing? What does it hurt to talk to the individual who was so

  • Airmen step off plane, into arms of loved ones

    More than 200 Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base Airmen returned home to the Emerald Coast Mon-day night following deployments to Southwest Asia. Airmen returning home from deployments are certainly nothing new to this special operations base, which has seen plane after plane of Airmen

  • AF bestows 2007 NPSA to Hurlburt civilian

    James Hartwell, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, was named the Air Force representative for the 2007 National Public Service Award Sept. 11. It's an honor Mr. Hartwell, earned through his accomplishments at work and in his personal life. As an operational test engineer with the 605th for more

  • SVS takes down POL 27-14 in intramural football

    After losing their first game, the 16th Services Squadron intramural football team showed why they are still the team to beat this year, by beating the POL team 27-14. SVS jumped out to an early 13-0 lead, but with five seconds left in the first half the POL quarterback hooked up with a receiver to

  • 39th IOS lays foundation for operations course

    The Air Force cyberspace tiger team, established by the Air Force cyberspace task force, and the 39th Information Operations Squadron have set the groundwork for the Air Force's first network warfare operations curriculum. The cyberspace task force was established by the air staff to help define

  • Wing revisits history of 1st SOW

    The 1st Special Operations Wing (SOW) has a rich and honored history that began in Burma and continues at Hurlburt Field. The 1st SOW can trace its lineage back to "Project 9" which evolved into the 1st Air Commando Group during World War II. During the Quebec Trident Conference of August 1943, it