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  • EOD clears the range for training, wildlife conservation

    AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE, Florida – When one thinks of pairings that go well together, peanut butter and jelly, or fireworks and the Fourth of July, may come to mind –a perhaps unexpected combination are Air Force bombing ranges and wildlife conservation and natural preservation lands.Ranges like

  • Moody establishes FOS Avon Park during Mosaic Tiger 24-1

    Members from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, establish a FOS at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, during exercise Mosaic Tiger 24-1. Mosaic Tiger is a command and control exercise designed to test and develop the ability to generate airpower at austere locations in challenging conditions.

  • Emerald Warrior combat search and rescue training

    A distinct and repetitious sound rumbles through the air above Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida as a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft violently unleashes 4,200 rounds per minute from its 30mm hydraulic rotary cannon, breathing fire upon its target.The A-10s from the 107th Fighter

  • AF helicopter ‘hard crew’ formula improves cohesion, mission

    In the realm of team sports where expectations and the stakes to win are high, teams rely on continuity and chemistry to maximize their effectiveness and propel them to the top. Utilizing a similar game plan, operating as a ‘hard crew’, a team of Moody’s HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aircrew recently

  • Joint 'spin-up' for the joint fight

    When lives are on the line, there is no margin for error – and for a group of Air Force Combat Search and Rescue personnel, their razor thin life-saving operations were recently put to the test as they mobilized to Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla.During their pre-deployment ‘spin-up’ training,