Eglin AFB News

Col. Don Johnson, commander of the 96th Operations Group at Eglin Air Force Base, oversaw a review of flight procedures and implementation of the changes.

More than 300 fifth-graders took the school bus to Mars on Thursday. At the annual Marsville event put on by the environmental compliance division of the 96th Civil Engineering Group, the students simulated what life would be like if they visited the Red Planet.

Road closures on base property that were schedule for Tuesday were canceled and have been rescheduled for next Wednesday, Eglin has announced.

The Army 7th Special Forces Group opened its doors Wednesday to show the public what it does and how it does it.

Staff Sgt. Danielle Keister, of the 460th Security Forces Squadron from Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., serves as the watch keeper, passing information via a secure phone during a Joint Defense Operations Center exercise at Eglin AFB, May 4. The exercise simulated real-world force protection conditions at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, to help ... (more)

The school was evacuated for two days while technicians determined how best to disarm the bomb, but it should reopen today, said Lois Walsh, a spokeswoman for Eglin Air Force Base.

Last Friday, the U.S. Marine Corps' VMFAT-501 training squadron in Florida's Eglin AFB launched its first F-35B eight-ship, flew a mission, hot-pit refueled and went back up again.

The new jet marks the beginning of a significant ramping up of Air Force training at the F-35 schoolhouse and an increase in some capabilities for the program.

The Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal school has been evacuated since Monday when an unexploded, 500-pound bomb was discovered on the property.

This year's open house at the Army Ranger Camp James E. Rudder has been canceled because of federal budget cuts.

A lightweight, mobile 30 mm ammunition round linker connects rounds to MK-15 links using a hand crank or a conventional electric drill.

A lightweight, mobile 30 mm ammunition round linker connects rounds to MK-15 links using a hand crank or a conventional electric drill.

The US Marine Corps' VMFAT-501 training squadron, which is assigned to the US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, launched its first F-35B eight-ship earlier today.