The Air Force Enlisted Village in Shalimar, Fla., has opened its new assisted-living residence, called Hawthorn House. According to village officials, the 64-apartment facility is the culmination of a “38-year dream.” The first resident to move in, Marcia Solhein, said, “Instead of [the] elderly, ill women that we are, we feel like special guests who are loved, pampered and well cared for.”
The Department of the Air Force wants to launch a construction boom with its fiscal 2027 budget, more than doubling its request over 2026, according to budget documents.