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  • Little known but much needed

    U.S. Army COL Samuel Saine, 4th Battlefield Coordination Detachment commander, and detachment leadership visited the 33rd Fighter Wing while conducting a battlefield circulation analysis to engage with and evaluate Ground Liaison Officers at Eglin Air Force Base, Jan. 25-26, 2017.

  • Finding his balance

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Bell finds balance between his life on active duty and within the community.

  • Nomads fire first missiles

    The 33rd Fighter Wing loaded and shot the first air-to-air missiles from an operational F-35A during a weapons system evaluation at Tyndall Air Force Base, Jan. 31, 2017. Individual AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM) were loaded into four separate aircraft.

  • Bombs away for F-35A

    The 33rd Fighter Wing loaded and released the Air Education and Training Command’s first live bombs from an F-35A here, January 17.

  • 33rd Fighter Wing drops first live bombs

    Pilots from the 33rd Fighter Wing dropped live munitions from the F-35A for the first time here, January 17.Two aircraft each launched a live GBU-12 over the Eglin range marking a first for the Air Education and Training command.The F-35A can carry two thousand pounds of air-to-ground munitions in

  • F-35 maintenance battle tested

    Checkered Flag facilitates integration between fifth and fourth-generation aircraft communities. These exercises are critical to hone the tactics techniques and procedures (TTP’s) for the aircraft’s inevitable deployment fighting alongside other combat assets. While the exercise is prime opportunity

  • Wizards welcome Williams as new commander

    Navy Cdr. Rex Burkett, outgoing 33rd Maintenance Squadron commander, passed command of the 33rd MXS to Air Force Lt. Col. Craig Williams during a change of command ceremony Aug. 18, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.Col. Ronald Huzzard, 33rd Maintenance Group commander, presided over the ceremony

  • 33rd FW completes record number of sorties with F-35A

    Members of the 33rd Fighter Wing set a new record of 111 sorties over three days during a sortie surge Aug. 1-3 here.The purpose of a sortie surge is to test the readiness of maintainers, pilots and aircraft to meet the needs of high-tempo operations.“Thanks to the Nomads for their tremendous work