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  • 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-,

  • 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

  • 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

  • 505th CCW commanders 'look to the future'

    The 505th Command and Control Wing held their biannual Commander's Conference here from Aug. 25 through the 27. The theme was "C2 for the Future; Looking Forward and Leading the Way." "The goal of the conference was to bring the leadership of the 505th together to focus on our core missions of

  • Wing congratulates newest staff sergeants

    Congratulations to the 505th Command and Control Wing members selected for promotion to staff sergeant: - Senior Airman Zayra Blandon-Blavarro ("Z"), 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. - Senior Airman Joshua Engels, 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

  • Anderson takes reins of 505th Operations Group

    The 505th Operations Group welcomed their new commander August 13 at Nellis Air Force Base. Col. Douglas P. Anderson took command from Col. Patrick J. Raglow during a change of command ceremony. The 505 OG provides education and training to future operational and tactical operators and leaders of

  • Virtual Flag 09-3 prepares warfighters for deployment

    More than 380 military personnel from 21 locations in the United States and abroad, and 14 types of aircraft participated in Virtual Flag 09-3 from June 29 to July 2 at the Distributed Missions Operation Center here. The five-day exercise provided live, virtual and constructive integrated training

  • 505th CCW supports U.S., Australian TALISMAN SABER 09 exercise

    Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing weren't visible in Australia during the combined U.S., Australian military exercise TALISMAN SABER 09. But 88 Wing members played a major role supporting the large-scale exercise and most did it from here. "We're like the man behind the curtain in the