Maj. John Caldwell, of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, was recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his combat aviation efforts in Afghanistan in 2011. Established by Congress on July 2, 1926, More
A cloud of heat and smoke erupts from the wreckage after a 1,500 pound explosive detonated, Sept. 27, on the Eglin Air Force Base range. The controlled explosion was to set a scene for the FBI's large vehicle b More
A member of the Army's Black Daggers demonstration team passes by 7th Special Forces Group's headquarters flag on his way to the parade field at the beginning of the group's open house and ribbon cutting, Oct. More
A drummer with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing band performs at the Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II roll out ceremony, Feb. 24, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
A CV-22 Osprey, flown by the 8th Special Operations Squadron, hangs in the anechoic chamber at the Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems hangar, March 6, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. More
The Air Force Materiel Command will offer diagnostic fitness assessments to Airmen starting Jan. 20. As the Air Force continues to review the overall current fitness assessment guidance for Airmen, the AFMC has More
Tech. Sgt. Paul Ruhbusch, of the 96th Security Forces Squadron, scans the area during a targeting acquisition scenario at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise, along with an improvised explosive device dete More
Maj. Olivia Elliott, of the 40th Flight Test Squadron, examines the LITENING II advanced targeting pod mounted on her A-10 Thunderbolt II prior to a test mission Jan. 10, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Her missi More
Lt. Col. Benjamin Bishop, the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron director of operations, walks toward an F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 6 for his first sortie in the new aircraft. Bisho More
The creation of the Supply Inventory Management System app, or SIMS, is a result of the Airmen’s feedback in the career field of Master Sgt. Nicole Haun of the 87th MSG, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. In More
The 40th Flight Test Squadron completed another first in February when an A-10 Thunderbolt II fired a guided rocket that impacted only inches away from its intended target. The 2.75 diameter, 35-pound, laser-gu More
MC-130E Combat Talon I's roll down the taxiway at Duke Field April 15 for their final sorties before retirement. The last five Talons in the Air Force belong to the 919th Special Operations Wing and are schedul More
Doolittle Raiders, Col. Dick Cole, Lt. Col. Ed Saylor and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, were on hand at the 33rd Fighter Wing hangar dedication in honor of Saylor April 17, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After unve More
Thirty mm ammunition rounds are loaded into the mobile, hand-cranked linker to be connected with MK-15 links for use on Air Force Special Operations Command C-130 aircraft. The linker was created by the Munitio More
The Eglin Honor Guard presents the colors in the shadow of an MC-130E Combat Talon I during its retirement ceremony at Duke Field, Fla., April 25. Aircrew, maintainers and many others turned out to remember and More
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 More
Eglin Air Force Base firefighters move toward a 33rd Fighter Wing F-35 Lightning II during a major accident response exercise May 9. This was the first MARE involving the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft at More
Staff Sgts. Anthony and Larrilyn Darif, with the 96th Medical Group, found out June 27 they were selected for promotion to technical sergeant.The 12-year veterans and high school sweethearts were married prior More
A soldier with the 877th Engineering Battalion from Alabama National Guard digs up the ground with an excavator along Range Road 220 July 22 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Army unit deployed to Eglin for eig More
An Army UH-60 Black Hawk from the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate at Fort Eustis, Va., performs a flyby Aug. 6 while acoustic equipment on the ground records each sound it makes during the pass on the E More
A Marine F-35B Lightning II returns to the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., runway Aug. 14. To date, the Air Force, Marine Corps and the Navy have flown more than 2,000 sorties here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Lt. Cmdr. Chris Tabert, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, prepares to fly the squadron's first F-35C Lightning II local sortie. The F-35C is the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. VFA 101 More
Lt. Cmdr. Chris Tabert walks to the flight line to pilot the first F-35C Lightning II flight at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 14. Before arriving to U.S. Navy F-35 Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 101 in February More
All three F-35 Lightning II variants along with two F/A-18 Hornets line up at the end of the runway prior to take off Aug. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This was the first time all three had been in the air More
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, moves down the runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft is loaded up with weaponry to test the combat carriage limits of the Sargent Fletcher More
Sailors and Lockheed Martin personnel move in to chock the wheels of a Navy variant F-35C Lightning II after a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The sailors from the Strike Fighter Squadron-101, along with a More
Sailors from Strike Fighter Squadron-101, refuel an F/A-18 Hornet during a hot pit session on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Airmen, Marines and sailors are refueling their F-35 More
Staff Sgt. Steven Dash, of the 33rd Maintenance Group, places a warhead on the front of a guided-bomb-unit 12 before it’s attached to an F-35A Lightning II Aug. 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This marked the More
Helmets and gear of the Eglin Air Force Base fire department are aligned in rows prior to their mission Sept. 11. Fire department airmen and civilians ascended the 11-story air traffic control tower carrying ri More
A military member hustles through a wooded area during the Fallen Defender Ruck March Sept. 11 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. More than 200 military members and civilians came out to walk or run the four-mile tr More
Humvees carrying airmen from the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron roll in during a demonstration exercise Oct. 16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Approximately 1,500 active duty, reserve and National Guard ai More
Fitness expert Tony Horton gets Airmen warmed up with some stretches before a 90-minute workout session at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 16. The workout was part of Horton's day-long visit at Eglin. Horton a More
A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter makes an approach to the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown More
An F-15 from the 40th Flight Test Squadron takes off for a training sortie from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 40th FTS is responsible for developmental flight testing for F-15s, F-16s and A-10s for the 96th T More
A row of Airmen prepare to enter the riding course during an ATV training class Oct. 25 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Approximately 20 Airmen from the 96th Security Forces Squadron and the 96th Ground Combat T More
A giant solar halo covered the sky over Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in the early afternoon Nov. 12. The optical phenomenon is caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Members of the Crestview Police Department SWAT advance toward a simulated victim at the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal building during an active shooter exercise on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 3 More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, fires the GAU-8 30mm cannon during a training mission on the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., range Dec. 10. The pilot made multiple passes to fire the wea More
Lockheed Martin maintainers complete preflight checks on the Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II prior to a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The RNLAF completed their first joint strike fighter f More
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III speaks to an airman in the audience during an All Call at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 27. Welsh, along with his wife, Betty, spent two days meeting Eglin air More
A 96th Security Forces Squadron airman points his weapon toward scene of an active-shooter exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 4. The active-shooter was the second of a series of 96th Test Wing exercis More
Airman 1st Class Quionjay Jackson, of the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Blue, loosens a bolt on an F-16 Fighting Falcon in preparation to load a Guided Bomb Unit-12 during the annual weapons load crew of t More
Airman 1st Class Paul Hoogewind, of the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares to marshal out his A-10 for a Weapon System Evaluation Program sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 19. The A-10s from More
Airman 1st Class Andrew McCamish, a maintainer with the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, verifies the status of an A-10 Thunderbolt II via a laptop prior to a morning Weapon System Evaluation Program sortie More
Master Sgt. Donald Price, of the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, briefs Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James on local tool innovations created to help maintainers work on the F-35A Lightning II Feb. More
Heat pulses off the flightline as Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, taxis a Marine F-35B Lightning II toward the runway for the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Ki More
A 33rd Fighter Wing maintainer performs post flight checks on an F-35A Lightning II after a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Don Falk, a Raytheon employee, checks the FIM-92 Stingers to be used during missile testing March 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Stinger Based Systems, a division of the Army’s cruise missile defense system u More
Staff Sgt. Joseph Riello, of the 902nd Security Forces Squadron from Randolph AFB, Texas, serves as the watch keeper, during a Joint Defense Operations Center exercise at Eglin AFB, Fla., March 21. The exercise More
Propellers begin to spin on the C-145 Skytruck prior to a sortie at Duke Field, Fla. The Aviation Foreign Internal Defense and Skytruck mission is a joint active-duty and reserve Air Force Special Operations C More
Sgt. Maj. Brian Curtis reveals a new name to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Memorial Wall during the 45th Annual EOD Memorial Ceremony May 3, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Eight new names of Army and Marine EO More
Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a post-flight check on an F-35A Lightning II tire before refueling it at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueli More
Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, touches the 58th Fighter Squadron logo on the side of an F-35A Lightning II during hot pit refueling at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 v More
Airman 1st Class Romario Martin, of the 325th Logistics Readiness Squadron, trains on the Hyster lifter at the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s supply warehouse May 15 on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Martin i More
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Zastrow, of the 96th Medical Group, lifts weights as part of his training regime for the Air Force wrestling team May 16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 33-year-old bioenvironmental enginee More
Staff Sgt. Patric Thompson, of the 96th Communications Squadron’s voice network systems, troubleshoots one of more than 18,000 of the base’s telephone lines June 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 22 Airmen a More
Kevin Dennis, a computer engineer with the Network Operations, troubleshoots the wiring on the 96th Communications Squadron’s data center equipment at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 9. Approximately 40 Airme More
Maj. Gen. Scott Jansson, the Armament Directorate program executive officer, salutes as the Secretary of Defense arrives to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 9. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the base to More
Staff Sgt. Wayne Singleton, 33rd Fighter Wing, marshals in an F-35A Lightning II at Duke Field, Fla. The maintainers, typically stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, were there to support the aircraft before and More
A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A Lightning II taxies down the Duke Field flightline for the first time Aug. 6. The joint strike fighter’s first visit to the reserve base was to participate in a joint major accident re More
Henry Isaacs, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepares to paint the roof of a truck Aug. 20 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Repainting vehicle parts highly affected by the sun and weather is part of 96th LRS’s More
Soldiers from the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, paddle down the Yellow River enroute to a memorial on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., for the four fallen Rangers who lost their lives Feb. 16, 1995. More than 40 So More
An F-35A Lightning II pilot turns his aircraft along the yellow taxi line on the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks his six before marshaling out a refueled F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling area More
Senior Airman Herbert Tucker, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals in an F-35A Lightning II for a hot pit refueling session at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling areas More
Staff Sgt. Jason Schuler, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, connects the fuel nozzle to an F-35A Lightning II during a hot pit session at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling More
Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, U. S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, has a laugh with Airman 1st Class John Patterson, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, after completing his final qualifying flight in the F-35A More
A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-15 Eagle connects with the barrier engagement on Duke Field’s runway Oct. 23. The engagement was part of a routine test of the system. The 40th FTS Airmen fly operational test miss More
A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-15 Eagle waits to be unhooked from the barrier engagement on Duke Field’s runway. The engagement was part of a routine test of the system. The 40th FTS Airmen fly operational test More
Maj. Christopher Wee, Operation Flight Program Combined Test Force, settles into his F-15 Eagle prior to a morning sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The OFPCTF Airmen fly test missions exclusively in various More
Maj. Christopher Wee, Operation Flight Program Combined Test Force, secures his helmet in his F-15 Eagle prior to a morning sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The OFPCTF Airmen fly test missions exclusively i More
An 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon lifts off from the Eglin Air Force Base runway for a morning sortie. The 85th TES Airmen fly operational test missions in the F-16 and F-15. The 85th TE More
A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-15 soars up upon takeoff from the Eglin Air Force Base runway for a morning sortie. The 40th FTS Airmen fly operational test missions in the F-16, F-15 and A-10. The 40th FTS is a More
A 53rd Wing F-15 Eagle takes off from one of Eglin Air Force Base’s runways as a 33rd Fighter Wing F-35 Lightning II taxies onto another. The F-15 is used for operational test missions while the F-35 is used to More
A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon sits in the anechoic chamber after completion of the initial round of testing simulations on the new M-7 software upgrade Oct. 30 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. More
A 433rd Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy from Joint Base San Antonio arrives with passengers and equipment to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Nov. 14. The reserve aircrew brought home Soldiers and equipment from the Army’s 7 More
New honor guard members stand with their rifles prior to their graduation performance of a full military honors funeral Dec. 3 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Approximately 12 new Airmen graduated from the 80-pl More
Senior Airman Christopher Mann and Staff Sgt. Stephen Presley, from 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Red, secure the fins onto an AIM-120 during the 96th Maintenance Group’s quarterly weapons load crew compet More
A 96th Test Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot prepares his aircraft for a morning sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 96th AMXS is responsible for the maintenance of all the test aircraft for the 96th Test W More
Water drips down the panels of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a morning bath at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The contractor, PAE, is responsible for the wash rack facility for the 96th Test Wing. (U.S. Air Force More
A 413th Flight Test Squadron UH-1 Huey spins up as an F-35 Lightning II completes a low-level pass to the runway at Duke Field, Fla. The 413th FTS provides developmental testing to rotary wing aircraft such as More
Senior Airman Terrence Ruffin, 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron, lifts 25-pound dumbbells at the fitness center on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. In November, the Airman became the youngest professional bodybuilder More
An F-35 endures freezing temperatures in the 96th Test Wing's McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 27. The joint strike fighter has undergone four months of climate testing in the la More
Mark Shepherd, an Air Force Wounded Warrior coach, demonstrates wheelchair basketball during the first day of an introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 13. The More
Senior Airman Chris Fugitt, a retired 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airman, and his wife and caregiver, Megan, stand strong together at the weeklong adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp at Eglin Air For More
Timothy Babb, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete, swims laps during the first day of the DOD Warrior Games training camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 18. The five-day training camp for the Air Force’s More
Melissa Gonzales, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete, gathers speed as she rolls down the track in a sport-chair during the fourth day of the DOD Warrior Games training camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Apr More
Maj. Joe McGill, a flyer for the 40th Flight Test Squadron, performs his preflight checks on an A-10 Thunderbolt II prior to a morning takeoff from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 19. The aircraft was loaded wi More
Baltimore Ravens’ wide receiver, Steve Smith, addresses a crowd of approximately 150 kids during the two-day children’s football camp June 24 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Smith was the professional coach at th More
Senior Airman Aaron Bradley, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, looks out over the vast landscape during the squadron’s annual training at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 3. More than 20 Airmen went More
Staff Sgt. Leland Hastings, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, launches Raven-B, a four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system, into the skies above Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 4. The 919th SOSFS br More
Airmen with the 96th Security Forces Squadron prepare to take out the squadron’s boat to patrol around the base’s shoreline Aug. 25, 2015, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Recently, a group of defenders became qu More
Senior Airman Adam Nop, Eglin Air Force Base Honor Guard, holds the Florida state flag during the playing of the National Anthem during the 96th Test Wing commander’s promotion ceremony Sept. 2, 2015. The wing’ More
A C-146 Wolfhound passes a C-145 Skytruck while flying over the Duke Field runway Oct. 21. The Air Force Special Operations Wing aircraft are used specifically in the training and operation of the 919th Specia More
Staff Sgt. Bryan Bowermaster checks on his partner Arko, 96th Security Forces Squadron, while he secures a simulated assailant during a K-9 demonstration Jan. 15 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Saint Petersbu More
Senior Airman Francisco Perez Castillo, 96th Maintenance Group, adjusts his goggles before beginning a lap swim training session March 22 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 26-year-old Airman was recently induc More
An FIM-92 Stinger missile is fired downrange from the Army’s new Interceptor launch platform at the Eglin Air Force Base range March 23. The 96th Test Wing hosted the Army’s Stinger Based Systems and Raytheon f More
An MC-130J test aircraft sits in King Hangar awaiting its next mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft has been fitted with vertical fins on each wing, called winglets. The 413th Flight Test Squadr More