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  • Military working dog seeks ‘furever’ home

    Military working dog, Cleo, a 5-year-old German Sheppard has medically retired, here, and is ready to be adopted.The 75-pound German Sheppard was trained in a joint-service community at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. He was certified in detection and reported to duty at Hurlburt Field in

  • Golf tournament raises money for Hurlburt’s AF Ball

    Gator Lakes Golf Course hosted a fundraiser golf tournament here in support of the Hurlburt Field Air Force Ball, July 24. Eight weeks of coordination and planning by Master Sgt. David Lange, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron first sergeant and lead coordinator, and Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Lange,

  • Aircrew Flight Equipment: ensuring a safe landing

    Staff Sgt. Ambyr Lalone, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, opens a parachute for re-packing on Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 23, 2015. The pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute. The pilot chute is connected to

  • AFSOC receives first AC-130J

    The first AC-130J Ghostrider landed here, July 29, making it Air Force Special Operations Command’s first AC-130J.After completing the initial developmental test and evaluation by the 413th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the aircraft will be flown by the 1st Special

  • Key Spouses create environment for Airmen, families to thrive

    In a letter to all squadron commanders and first sergeants earlier this month, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III called attention to the importance of preparing “our Airmen and families for challenges that exist today and tomorrow.”He emphasized one way commanders and first sergeants

  • Bioenvironmental keeps water safe for swimmers

    Airmen 1st Class Joseph Brown and Denis Marchelli, 1st Special Operations Medical Support Squadron bioenvironmental engineer technicians, tested water conditions to ensure the water is safe for swimmers to enjoy at the Aquatic Center, here July 22.

  • Maintainers sustain CV-22B Osprey for mission success

    The 801st SOAMXS’s mission is to perform all equipment maintenance in support of worldwide special operations missions in response to national command authority taskings for the CV-22B Osprey. Maintenance includes aircraft servicing, phase inspections, troubleshooting, repair, modifications and

  • Take fifteen minutes now, become a millionaire later

    A scheduling conflict gave an Airman an extra 15 minutes to stop by the Airman and Family Readiness Center here. That spare time allowed him to sit down with a financial counselor and set up his Roth Thrift Savings Plan. Airman Peter Vasiljev, 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron weather systems

  • Military working dog unit visits local library

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron military working dog unit visited the Mary Esther public library, July 15. The library hosted a Military Animal Heroes event as part of their Summer Reading Program, and Hurlburt Field’s K9 unit was invited to come speak about their

  • Intramural Soccer still kicking in week 2

    There are 15 squadrons participating in intramural soccer this season and regular season play is scheduled to last until Aug. 13. There is a Monday/Wednesday league and a Tuesday/Thursday league, and both leagues hold games at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., at the Aderholt gym here.