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  • Airmen step off plane, into arms of loved ones

    More than 200 Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base Airmen returned home to the Emerald Coast Mon-day night following deployments to Southwest Asia. Airmen returning home from deployments are certainly nothing new to this special operations base, which has seen plane after plane of Airmen

  • Wing revisits history of 1st SOW

    The 1st Special Operations Wing (SOW) has a rich and honored history that began in Burma and continues at Hurlburt Field. The 1st SOW can trace its lineage back to "Project 9" which evolved into the 1st Air Commando Group during World War II. During the Quebec Trident Conference of August 1943, it

  • 16th CMS officer wins Gen. Lew Allen Award

    A Hurlburt Field maintenance officer has been named the winner of the General Lew Allen, Jr., Trophy for 2006. Capt. Abigail Ruscetta, 16th Component Maintenance Squadron operations officer, received the honor in recognition of her outstanding performance involved in aircraft sortie generation. "It

  • Honorary commanders inducted at Hurlburt

    The 16th Special Operations Wing officially inducted its new honorary commanders and command chief with an orientation day and banquet here Sept. 21. This year the 16th SOW Honorary Commanders Pro-gram will also include an honorary chaplain to complete the team. The purpose of the program is to

  • Special operations mission grows on several fronts

    The commander of Air Force Special Operations Command spoke at the 2006 Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 26 about the importance and growth of special operation forces. "We're growing on a lot of different fronts," said Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley.

  • Recycling pays Hurlburt big dividends

    An empty cola can is worth money to the base. That means that the next thing you do is important because whether or not you recycle that aluminum can is critical to the base recycle center making money for quality of life spending. According to Mr. Craig Overstreet, 16th Civil Engineer Squadron

  • Enlisted personnel now responsible for updating assignments online

    Enlisted Airmen are now responsible for updating their own assignment preferences online through the virtual Military Personnel Flight. The Air Force has recently automated the assignment preference functions currently being accomplished by the commander's support staff. "I'm very excited about

  • 16th LRS streamlines in-processing time following deployments

    The 16th Logistics Readiness Squadron has developed a more expeditious process for in-processing Airmen returning from deployment. More than 180 Hurlburt Field Airmen who returned from a deployment Sept. 2 began the in-processing procedures Tuesday and found they have been streamlined, are more

  • CS mourns loss of one of their own

    A master sergeant from the 16th Communications Squadron was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at an area hospital. Master Sgt. Dallas Webb, 43, was found unconscious in the backyard of his home in Commando Village at approximately 7 a.m. He was transported by ambulance to Fort Walton Beach Medical

  • 23rd gathers to say goodbye

    A memorial service was held here Aug. 25 to honor a combat controller killed in combat in Afghanistan less than a week ago.Senior Airman Adam P. Servais, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, was assigned to a special forces operational detachment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when he was killed