Wing welcomes local benefactor as honorary commander

The 505th Command and Control Wing welcomed local restaurateur Tom Rice as its new honorary commander Nov. 12.The retired Army first sergeant and owner of Magnolia Grill has been serving U.S. warfighters for years through his philanthropic endeavors, and looks forward to the new position. "Once a

Coalition sims challenge Virtual Flag technicians

The time it takes to execute an exercise the magnitude of Coalition Virtual Flag can only be measured in years. The virtual exercise entails connecting networks and simulators from 25 sites spanning the globe and four countries. "This is a culmination of 10 years worth of effort," said Lt. Col.

U.S. JTACs train with counterparts from three nations for first time

A British pilot on a target run was instructed by Canadian Joint Terminal Attack Party controllers to look for a back end loader. The pilot was stumped. In Great Britain, the vehicle is called a digger; in America it's commonly known as a backhoe. Luckily, this was only an exercise. "You want to

505th Communications Squadron delivers computers to school

Judging from the smile on John Spolski's face, the Max Bruner Junior Middle School principal, one would have thought it was Christmas morning. Instead of Santa Claus, two Airmen from the 505th Communications Squadron came bearing gifts in the form of computers. On Oct 16th, Staff Sgt. Terrance

Coalition Virtual Flag exercise spans four countries, 17 time zones

When hostilities broke out between the Heartland and Eureka, warfighters from four allied countries went into combat alongside each other utilizing combined air assets. While the scenario was fictitious, coalition and U.S. forces working together in combat is realistic. This recent ground-breaking

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

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

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

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