Meet the new commander

Lt. Col. David Hanson, 14th Weapons Squadron operations officer, poses for this photo at the 1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs photo lab at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 11, 2011. Colonel Hanson will assume command of the 14th WPS Jan. 14, 2011. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Caitlin O'Neil-McKeown / RELEASED)

AFSOC leads charge against "Nature-Deficit Disorder"

Kenny Hasbrouck, a Miami HEAT player, works on a team building activity with children at the outdoor classroom at the Youth Center, Hurlburt Field Fla., Sept. 30, 2010. The classroom became the 29th Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation-certified Nature Explore classroom in the country in November 2009. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephanie Jacobs/RELEASED)

Hearts apart holiday party

Santa Claus visits with seven-year-old Trinity, daughter of a deployed Airman, during the Hearts Apart annual holiday party Dec. 15 at the Soundside Club at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Throughout the year, the program sponsors a series of monthly gatherings for spouses and children of deployed members. (DoD photo by U.S. Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden / RELEASED)

Hearts apart holiday party

Santa Claus visits with five-month-old Lance, son of a deployed Airman, during the Hearts Apart annual holiday party Dec. 15 at the Soundside Club at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Throughout the year, the program sponsors a series of monthly gatherings for spouses and children of deployed members. (DoD photo by U.S. Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden / RELEASED)

TIP OF THE SPEAR

Senior Airman Datuan Fitz, 823rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers Commander's Support Staff Personnel journeyman, poses next to a red horse statue outside his squadron's headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 7, 2010. Airman Fitz was selected for this week's Tip of the Spear spotlight. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden / RELEASED)

Team Hurlburt shatters previous CFC tallies

(From left to right) Col. Michael Plehn, 1st Special Operations Wing commander, Col. Bill Porter, 96th Air Base Wing vice commander, Alan Giesman, chairman of the United Way Okaloosa and Walton Counties board, and Diane Thomas, vice president of the Combined Federal Campaign for Okaloosa and Walton Counties United Way, pose with a check for the final combined tally during the Okaloosa and Walton Counties CFC victory rally at the Eglin Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 3, 2010. Airmen and civilians from both Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base raised more than $1.2 million during the 2010 campaign. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden / RELEASED)