OVER 800 MORE JOBS COMING TO EGLIN AFB AND SURROUNDING INSTALLATIONS

As I have promised in the past, Eglin AFB is a magnate for growth. With all services heavily represented in our area, all military missions conducted (Training, Operational, and Testing), and a Base nearly the size of the State of Rhode Island, we will see more. The meetings I have attended have clearly showed, our area is going to be an area of national security in the defense of our country. STAY TUNED THEIR WILL BE MORE. Oh, by the way, FY-2011, starts October 1, 2010. For my bank readers: Free up capital. Our developers and builders need money now. All these people and the others coming need homes and entertainment.

Local bases to get more people in fiscal 2011
Eglin Air Force Base scheduled to gain 596 positions; Hurlburt Field, 207
By MONA MOORE
Northwest Florida Daily News 315-4443 mmoore@nwfdailynews.com  

Local military installations will see an increase in personnel in fiscal 2011, according to the Air Force’s proposed realignments released Tuesday. The proposal, in response to President Barack Obama’s budget, includes changes in military personnel and aircraft. Duke Field will add three civilians and 18 reserve positions. Duke also will get six MC-130Es. Eglin will gain 288 military positions and 308 civilian positions. Ten F-35s also are slated for delivery. Hurlburt Field will see an increase of 108 military and 99 civilian positions. The base will add nine CV-22s. “The force structure announcement reflects the Air Force’s best effort to meet our mission and growing demands, enabling us to balance our unique capabilities to support new and emerging missions critical to operating in today’s global and expanding environment,” Capt. Lisa Citino, spokeswoman for 1st Special Operations Wing, said in a news release. A few of Hurlburt’s contractor positions will be converted to civilian positions. That change is responsible for 79 of its new civilian positions. The greatest increase will come from the additional CV-22s. The 1st Special Operations Wing will add 94 military positions to support the aircraft. One civilian position will be added as a result of a BRAC 2005 decision to realign base operating support from Pensacola NAS to Hurlburt Field. Contractor-to-civilian conversions will result in an increase of 208 civilian positions at Eglin, according to a news release from the base. The Air Armament Center will add 56 civilian positions because of Acquisition Excellence resource realignments. The 33rd Fighter Wing will gain 260 military positions and three civilian positions in support of the F-35 force growth. The 53rd Wing will eliminate six military positions as a result of security forces manpower realignments. The 46th Test Wing will add 12 military positions to support Guardian Angel manpower requirements. The wing also will lose two military and add two civilian positions because of militaryto-civilian conversions. Air Force-wide personnel changes involve more than 13,000 people, including about 2,450 active duty, 9,200 civilians, 1,300 Air Force Reserve and 220 Air National Guard positions.