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  • Hurlburt Field Airmen and team members honored for volunteer service

    Hurlburt Field members, families and friends gathered together to celebrate the Angel Award Nominees and the Volunteer Excellence Award Nominees at the Soundside Club here, April 29.  The Angel Award is a prestigious award that was established in 1988 by Mrs. Eunice Welch, wife of retired Air Force

  • Ospreys perform formation flight in honor of Operation Eagle Claw

    Two CV-22 Ospreys fly in formation over Fort Walton Beach, Fla., April 24, 2015. The two ospreys performed a flyover for the annual Operation Eagle Claw ceremony held at the Airpark on Hurlburt Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Callaway)

  • Final Hurlburt Field TAC-P class spends week in field

    A Tactical Air Control Party candidate from Falcon 98 stands at attention during a field training exercise at Eglin Range, Fla., March 24, 2015. TAC-P candidates from Falcon 98 are the last class to graduate from Hurlburt Field, Fla., before the schoolhouse moves to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

  • Sacrifices made during Operation Eagle Claw remembered 35 years later

    More than 300 people gathered to celebrate and remember the servicemembers who were a part of Operation Eagle Claw 35 years ago during a ceremony at the air park here, April 24. Operation Eagle Claw, conducted April 24, 1980, was a joint-services mission to rescue Americans who were being held

  • Never forget: Base Chapel holds ceremony

    Chaplain Mark Hunsinger lights candles during the Holocaust memorial service at the base chapel on Hurlburt Field Fla., April 22, 2015. The memorial was held as a remembrance to honor those who lost their lives during the Holocaust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Meagan Schutter)

  • Pararescuemen perform extrication training

    A Pararescueman from the Special Tactics Training Squadron uses a spreader to pry open a car door during extrication training at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 8, 2015. The Special Tactics pararescuemen were training to retrieve injured or trapped personnel from vehicles and aircraft. (U.S. Air Force

  • 1st Special Operations Support Squadron changes command

    Lt. Col. Michael Thomas took command of the 1st Special Operation Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Michael Edwards April 10, 2015, here. Col. Sean Farrell, 1st Special Operations Wing commander, presided over the ceremony.“Besides his nuclear engineering degree, Mike brings a tremendous amount of

  • Aircraft Maintenance Squadron gives to Fisher House of the Emerald Coast

    The 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron donated approximately $550 worth of donations, food and household items to the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast, April 15. In the six weeks leading up to the donation drop off, the squadron printed flyers and decorated collection bins that

  • Third Annual CLEAR Challenge to take place April 17

    The 3rd Annual CLEAR Challenge is scheduled to take place at 7 a.m. at the Community Park on Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 17. The CLEAR challenge is an obstacle course that is designed to raise awareness in the fight against sexual assault and showcase team resiliency. CLEAR stands for: Courage,

  • Laboratory technicians: small numbers, large impact

    Tech. Sgt. Richard Minton said he never really understood the impact of being a medical laboratory technician in the Air Force until he deployed to Afghanistan in 2012.There, he experienced firsthand the importance of his craft while delivering blood to servicemembers receiving treatment for