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

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

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

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-,