Hurlburt Field News

Last Friday, the Air Force released its proposed realignment plans for next year, under which Tyndall Air Force Base will lose 588 military jobs.

A proposal to annex a roughly 3-mile stretch of Hurlburt Field is Mayor Chuck Bolton's plan to make his city larger.

Thousands of Okaloosa County's better-paid public servants don't get their paychecks from any state, county or city office.

Mr. Mike Blakely has no idea he is in the Daily News today. The 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron's deputy chief of Fire Emergency Services declined an interview.

Fire ripped through another home in Holley by the Sea. About 9 p.m. Thursday, June 25, firefighters responded to a structure fire at 1859 Coral St.

The Air Force plans to cut nearly 600 military positions and four civilian positions from Tyndall Air Force Base as part of their 2010 restructuring plan.

Airman 1st Class Nadia Katana bottle-feeds a kitten that was cut out of a wall June 22 at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Nine Air Force bases will soon hire civilian advocates whose single focus will be putting airmen's spouses, parents or children in touch with support programs they need while their loved ones are deployed.

The Air Force's AC-130H Spectre gunships are on the move, leaving the Florida panhandle after being stationed there for three decades.

Retired Col. John Alexander of Las Vegas is loosely the basis for a character played by George Clooney in the upcoming movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats." George Clooney portrays a character loosely based on Las Vegas resident John Alexander in a movie coming out this year.

An oil-drilling amendment moving through the U.S. Senate's Energy Committee has caught the attention of the Emerald Coast.

Senior Airman P.J. Canabal had a pretty clear notion of what he wanted when he got transferred to Cannon Air Force Base.

She's rescued crews from combat zones and flown special operations missions. She's been shot at and banged up, but she's always made it home.

What should be a significant military celebration in Northwest Florida probably will pass quietly unnoticed, in contrast to last week's Memorial Day observance.

A soldier in Iraq cant see your ribbon, or the flag at your front door. But a letter they hold in their hands, to them means so much more! This is about support, not just stuff.

What will happen in Iraq when the United States draws down its troops there? Memorial Day weekend is a good time to ask such a difficult and unsettling question.

Engineers planning the U.S. 98 bypass through Eglin must try to figure out the effect of controlled burns on toll revenue.

A story in the latest GQ magazine offers fresh revelations about actions taken by former Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld following Hurricane Katrina, with former Bush administration officials blaming him for the delay in getting U.S. military assistance to New Orleans in the disaster's immediate aftermath.

Long before the words "Joint Strike Fighter" and "Valparaiso" were uttered in the same sentence, base officials had a plan for noise abatement in place.

Our older son, Andrew, came home from college last week. The brief visit made me feel a little old, and it made me think about this unique place called the Emerald Coast.