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  • Hurlburt Field, Eglin Air Force Base to host Emerald Warrior 07

    Air Force Special Operations Command will hold its first joint coalition exercise on the Eglin Range Oct. 23 to Nov. 3. Emerald Warrior 07 will train Air Force, Army and allied units in missions directly related to the Global War on Terrorism. During the exercise, units will train in exfiltration

  • Base pool services no longer free, small fee charged

    The 16th Services Squadron reinstated a series of fees and charges at the Aquatics Center Sunday. Fees will apply for open swim times; however, designated military lap swimming will remain free. Free swimming and pool use began about 10 years ago when money from appropriated funds designated from

  • 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