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Jun 12, 2025
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Airman attends Marine course to train for joint mission success

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps’ Corporals Course at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, May 9, 2025.

Corporals Course is a professional military leadership program designed to equip participants with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to assume greater responsibility as noncommissioned officers.

Jun 5, 2025
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Colors & Carry: Honor Guard training graduation, beyond

Senior Airman Gage Gardner’s first day of Honor Guard training began with a bang!

The Airman, unaccustomed to a Crestview morning commute due to 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron shift work, misjudged a stop on his way to training and his 20-year-old Suburban bumped a car in front of him at the worst possible time for an accident.

Jun 2, 2025
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Helicopter mishap occurs at NOLF Santa Rosa

A Training Air Wing FIVE helicopter incurred a hard landing at around 2 p.m. Monday, June 2 at Naval Air Station Whiting Field’s Navy Outlying Landing Field Santa Rosa near Milton.
May 28, 2025
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Recruiters vital to mission success

In today’s operational environment, mission success demands more than just advanced technology or cutting-edge aircraft. It requires people who are trained and capable of carrying out very complex tasks. 

The Air Force Reserve plays a pivotal role in ensuring America’s ability to fly, fight, and win by recruiting, training, and retaining a ready and lethal force of warriors committed to defending our nation.

May 21, 2025
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Precision under pressure: Behind the mission with aircrew flight equipment airmen

The oxygen mask seals tight and night vision goggles click into place. Each component has been tested, maintained and inspected with precision, not by those who wear it, but by those responsible for ensuring it works when it matters most.
May 21, 2025
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Fire chief claims DOD instructor of the year

An Eglin firefighter recently earned a Defense Department honor for Fire and Emergency Services.

Joseph Suddarth, Jr. claimed the 2024 Fire Service Instructor of the Year award for efforts in safeguarding and advancing vital national interests and assures military readiness and resilience.

May 14, 2025
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New name added to wall at 56th EOD memorial

Dressed in the bright whites, deep blues and dense blacks of their service uniforms, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers returned this year to honor and remember their fallen explosive ordnance disposal brethren May 3.
May 8, 2025
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Hurlburt Field Air Park to receive new upgrades

The Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park is entering a new phase of development aimed at enhancing the visitor experience and highlighting the legacy of Air Commandos.
Apr 29, 2025
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Honoring the Doolittle Raid

On April 18, 1942, a small group of Army Air Forces aviators changed the momentum of World War II with a single, audacious strike. Known as the Doolittle Raid, this operation — launched from the deck of the USS Hornet — was the first U.S. air attack on Japan’s home islands.
Apr 4, 2025
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919th SOW remembers former Duke Field pioneer, AFRC commander

The 919th Special Operations Wing joins the Air Force Reserve Command community in mourning the passing of a Duke Field pioneer, and a leader whose impact on the Reserve family was both profound and lasting.  
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