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  • Remembering Colonel Philip G. Cochran

    On Jan. 26 the 1 SOW wore blue uniforms in honor of Col. Philip G. Cochran, United States Army Air Force. A World War II hero, Colonel Cochran served as the commanding officer for the 1st Air Commando Group in the China-India-Burma Theater. On Jan. 29, 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cochran welcomed the

  • Project 9 arrives in the China-Burma-India theater

    Starting with the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces advanced throughout the Pacific. Within weeks after the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan had captured Guam, Wake Island, Hong Kong, Malaya, Thailand, French Indochina, and the Dutch East Indies. More importantly, they also

  • Fight decay with dental sealants

     You may wonder: "I brush and floss my teeth at least three times a day, avoid sugary food and snacks, see a dentist regularly, and drink fluoridated water instead of soda. But, I still get cavities, why?" The pits and grooves on the chewing surfaces of teeth need to be protected. When food is

  • Recalling the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Although the Civil War ended slavery in the United States, African Americans were denied their basic citizenship rights for nearly 100 years. From the late 1880s to the mid-1960s, Jim Crow Laws reigned supreme throughout the United States, especially in the South. White Americans used these laws to

  • Puck divers make waves on Hurlburt wood

    Hat tricks, diamonds, snipers and icing may make Hurlburt Airmen think of hockey rather than magicians, jewelry, riflemen and desserts as the base's newest organized sport gets underway. The Puck Divers, a team of active-duty and retired Hurlburt Airmen who play hockey and dive together, came up

  • AF trash, AFREP treasure

    Somewhere deep in the Canadian foothills, Angus MacGyver is weeping manly tears. A select group of maintainers stationed at Hurlburt Field act as MacGyver, the fictional television jack-of-all-trades, on a daily basis as they take items judged to be of little value by others and rehabilitate them

  • Hurlburt Airman’s family history of service traces from Civil War

    A father and son, both serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, recently had a brief family reunion at Sather Air Base, Baghdad. Master Sgt. Patrick LaDue and his youngest son, Senior Airman Gabriel LaDue, a heavy equipment operator stationed at Hurlburt Field, had the opportunity to spend

  • New honorary commanders assume command at Hurlburt

    The newest group of 1st Special Operations Wing honorary commanders came on board Sept. 11, as a part of the year-long program designed to build and maintain solid, mutually beneficial relationships between the local communities and Hurlburt Field. The 1 SOW Honorary Commanders Program, which began

  • 505th TRS crucial component in air supremacy

    While it might be easy to attribute the successes of past and present United States Air Force air campaigns to the Airmen who fly the planes, it would be a mistake to overlook a select group of men and women without whom the pilots would never receive a mission tasking. These Airmen work in air and

  • Reigning queen rolls 700+ series

    Every bowling alley recognizes its top bowlers, prominently displaying the highest scores earned on its lanes. This denotes royalty, however fleeting it may be. Recently, Hurlburt Field's reigning queen added her name to the "best scores" with a 764 series. Considering that three perfect games equal