Avon Park Air Force Range News

Tech. Sgt. Paul Bartels, 23rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural repairman, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., tightens bolts while attaching the wings to a Radio Plane OQ-19D Target Drone at Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla., May 18.

Kenny Long hasn't always had a passion for airplanes, but one sure wouldn't know it to talk to him.

Lauren Gilson, or "National Geographic" as her friends call her, marched off through thick saw palmetto, carrying two 10-foot long ladders.

Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton will be the guest briefer at the Saturday meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America at the Military Sea Services Museum.

Lt. Col. Charles "Buck" MacLaughlin, the Avon Park Air Force Range base commander, and Patricia Steed, of the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, visited the city council Tuesday night.

Published: Friday, December 26, 2008 at 10:20 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2008 at 10:20 p.m. FROSTPROOF The prospects of more and louder military operations at the 106,000-acre Avon Park Air Force ...

As the military's role in national and world security continues to evolve, so does the Avon Park Air Force Range.