HomeNews

News Search

  • HURLBURT FIELD Fla. -- Gen. William Fraser, Air Combat Command commander, presented a commander's coin to Master Sgt. Stanley Leigh, 505th Training Squadron superintendent, as Maj. Sean Welsh, 705th Training Squadron director of operations, stood by. The general spent the day of Oct. 14 with the 505th Command and Control Wing where he visited wing facilities, was briefed by commanders and led a commander's call. (Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

    ACC commander looks to the future of command and control

    Gen. William Fraser, commander of Air Combat Command, visited the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, Fla., to reemphasize the importance of the 505th CCW as the foundation for command and control, training, tactics development and testing in the Air Force. He spent the day talking with the wing's commanders and led a commander's call
  • FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing pick up debris from the side of James Lee Road on Oct. 16. The 505th CCW adopted the road in the Adopt-A-County Road program and comes out every few months to keep it clean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Noel Getlin)

    Wing makes a clean sweep of county program

    Team 505th became roadside warriors as they made a strike against trash. Volunteers from the 505th Command and Control Wing picked up roadside trash on James Lee Road Oct. 16 as part of the Adopt-A-County-Road litter control program. "The wing is part of the community and proud of it," said Master Sgt. Mark Young, the wing's program coordinator.

  • Commentary: Football weekend gone wrong

    What makes a good football weekend go bad? Well, after tailgating and having a great time meeting fellow fans, having your team throw away the game mistake after mistake is a start. Unfortunately, the weekend was about to get worse. We had packed our belongings and were about to check out of our hotel room the following day. Walking to my car, I
  • HURLBURT FIELD -- Col. Edward McKinzie, 505th Command and Control Wing commander, (No. 25) rolls with Hurlburt Field teammates during the fourth annual Wheelchair Basketball Exhibition Game against the Mobile Patriots Oct. 1 at Aderholt Fitness Center.The Mobile Patriots, a nonprofit wheelchair basketball team, defeated the Hurlburt Commandos 85-79, even after some creative scorekeeping.The game is played every October to recognize National Disability Employment Awareness month. The silent auction and concessions during the game raised nearly $4,000 for the Patriots' organization. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

    505th members court action

  • Hurlburt Field to change over to 7-digit dialing Oct. 30

    Changes are coming to the Hurlburt Field telephone dialing system. In support of the ongoing centralization of telephone maintenance and operations, all Air Force installations will soon formally adopt the 7-digit telephone dialing plan in the near future. Hurlburt Field will switch to the new 7-digit dialing system Oct. 30. Currently, to call
  • HURLBURT AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy listens to a briefing during breakfast with members of the 505th Command and Control Wing on Sept. 23. Chief Roy made his first visit to Hurlburt Field as top enlisted leader of the Air Force. Pictured with him from left are Master Sgt. Donna Hustad, 505th CCW ground safety manager; Senior Master Sgt. Patrick McMahon, 505th Training Group superintendent, Chief Roy; and Chief Master Sgt. Oscar "Deno" Mackin, 505th CCW command chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Keith Keel)

    Top enlisted leader visits Wing members

    Thirty-two Airmen, NCOs and Senior NCOs of the 505th Command and Control Wing had a rare audience Sept. 23 with Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy. Chief Roy, the 16th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, arrived Sept. 21 for his first three-day visit to Hurlburt Field as the top enlisted leader. The 505th CCW's own "top chef,"

  • Commentary: On the way home...

    It's four o'clock, quitting time for a lot of people heading west on U.S. Highway 98. The speed limit is 55 mph and everyone's in a hurry. Long day at work... Traffic flows at about 60. One young mother heads east, on her way presumably to pick up her son from school, and another heads west with her daughter on her way home. Eastbound Mom is
  • NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- U.S. Air Force contractor Rolando Posada secures the main piping for a fire suppression system in the ceiling of the new second floor addition in the 505th Operations Group Combined Air and Space Operations Center-Nellis on Aug. 19. The Operations Control Center needed to be expanded to accommodate an increase in pre-deployment trainees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

    New floor in CAOC-N doubles capacity

    The 505th Operations Squadron, which manages CAOC-N, scheduled a 30-day window for the $523,000 mezzanine construction project, which was complete on Aug. 28. CAOC-N is a world-class command and control facility critical to training warfighters on command and control processes during joint-, coalition- and service-focused exercises, operational

  • 505th Command and Control Wing receives Outstanding Unit Award

    The 505th Command and Control Wing has proven yet again how well they compete toe to toe with the competition as they were one of only five units across Air Combat Command to be awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service in 2009. The award, given by the Secretary of the Air Force to numbered units who have

  • Wing congratulates latest promotees

    Congratulations to the 505th Command and Control Wing members selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel and captain.  Lieutenant colonel selects: Maj. Steven F. Glendenning, 505th Training Squadron Maj. Byron J Varin, 705th Combat Training Squadron Maj. Sean T. Welsh, 705th Training Squadron Captain selects: 1st Lt. Christoper Costello, 705th
RSS