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  • Airmen protect the layers

    Upon walking into the paint room inside the Corrosion Control Facility on Hurlburt Field, Fla., the area resembles more of a scene from "Men in Black" than a maintenance room in the United States Air Force. Rows of neon green tape hang painted paper to cover the walls, and Airmen dressed in plastic

  • Resilient Airman takes flight

    There's a saying, "a journey begins with a single step." For Tech. Sgt. Christofer Curtis, a flight engineer of 8th Special Operations Squadron, even a single step seemed like a lofty goal at one time. After Curtis' CV-22 crashed during a mission in Afghanistan, April 2010, he was left with numerous

  • Defenders prep domestic violence response

    "Taser, Taser, Taser!" shouts a security forces member as a subject drops to the ground. While under the effect of the stun gun, the belligerent subject is handcuffed and separated from the scene where he threatened to harm his frightened wife. This was one of the scenes created during annual

  • 25 Years of dedication

    'Service before self, excellence in all we do and integrity first' are the core values every Airman in the U.S. Air Force raises their right hand and swears an oath to do. Since 1987, Hurlburt Field has had a member on its team that never signed on the dotted line or raised his right hand. Instead

  • RED HORSE honors loss of founding father

    The Airmen that stood solemnly, at attention, did not serve in the same time period as retired Brig. Gen. William Thomas Meredith--an old-timer whose glory days were long in the past. Yet, they knew him by the very fact that they donned the signature red hats. The sea of red hat wearing Airmen

  • Air Force Sergeants Association : 'They fight for us.'

    The Air Force Sergeants Association is a federally chartered non-profit organization created to represent the interests of an average Air Force member and their family. Founded May 3, 1961, AFSA has been leading the fight in supporting the enlisted Airman, as well as their families and all

  • Hurlburt Airman revisits recovery with Lt. Dan

    Lt. Dan, as Forrest Gump film actor Gary Sinise is affectionately known, may not actually be a member of the military, but he treats each service member he meets with the deep-seated respect that should be given to a brother-in-arms. For Hurlburt Field's Tech. Sgt. Christofer Curtis, a CV-22 flight

  • Who turned the lights out?

    Imagine putting brakes on a car. Now turn the lights off and grab a flashlight. Putting brakes on any vehicle has its challenges, but doing so on an aircraft weighing over 100,000 pounds and worth more than $100 million that doesn't belong to you can increase the stress more than you think.The Air

  • "Smile Big"

    When an Airman receives orders to deploy, they are handed a "to-do" list to make sure everything is ready for an extended time away from home. The list goes through anything from making sure their will is written or if they have a care plan for their family.But in their haste to get qualified,