Eglin Air Force Base News

Late last month, the Air Force released a list of 11 candidate installations to base the F-35. Robins Air Force Base was not among the candidates.

A new process has been developed to define how Air Force experts make basing decisions.

The career front can look like the war front at times. A new policy that cuts dwell time after yearlong deployments.

The Air Force is still considering McEntire Joint National Guard Base as one of two Midlands locations for a state-of-the-art fighter jet.

U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio admitted, perhaps somewhat disingenuously, that he's not sure where he and his Republican primary opponent, Gov.

The Air Force is considering putting some of its newest jets in Jacksonville, the Pentagon said Thursday, although a final decision will not be made for about a year.

Luke Air Force Base made the short list as a potential secondary training base for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it was announced Thursday.

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Jacksonville International Airport and an air base in the Panhandle are among the top 10 sites being considered to house the next generation of Air Force fighter jets.

Matt Willingham, second in command at the Police Department and the city's code enforcement officer, was fired Wednesday.

When Air Force Capt. Ryan Corrigan learned he had been accepted into a two-year program to fly with the Marines, his superiors told him to show up with an open mind.

Alaska's congressional delegation has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force urging him to station the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Eielson Air Force Base.

"We're working to make sure that your voices are heard in Washington and that we can figure out how to raise up best practices and make sure that our efforts in Washington are trickling down, to the folks who matter most," she said.

Eglin Air Force Base It's Michelle Obama's first visit to Northwest Florida as the First Lady.

White House officials confirmed Tuesday that first lady Michelle Obama will be visiting Eglin Air Force Base Thursday afternoon to speak with base commanders and military families.

Louis, Missouri Michelle Obama travels to Florida's Eglin Air Force Base in the afternoon where she will meet with base leaders and military families 1:00 pm visits with students at Dr.

The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, visited Eglin Oct. 15 and addressed a crowd of military, family and civic leaders in Hangar 103.

October 15 - Visiting military bases and meeting military families has become a major part of Mrs.

First lady Michelle Obama was in Northwest Florida Thursday, for a reason she says is very close to her heart.

El Mirage is at the doorstep of Luke Air Force Base , and officials there say they may follow the lead of a Florida town that is suing the U.S. Air Force to limit the number of F-35 fighter jets based at nearby Eglin Air Force Base.