Officials at Eglin AFB, Fla., on Oct. 30 dedicated Building 1314 on base to the memory of TSgt. Daniel Douville, an explosive ordnance disposal technician who died in Afghanistan in 2011 from injuries he suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated. The building is now called the Douville EOD Facility. “I’m grateful,” said Douville’s widow LaShana Douville in an Eglin release. She added, “I tell my children, ‘That is your name up there forever,’ and, one day, they will understand the sacrifices made for them.” Douville was a member of Eglin’s 96th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight. He died on June 26, 2011, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province while on his third deployment, according to the release. He was 33. “For decades to come, people will know Daniel Douville and his family made the ultimate sacrifice for our country and our freedom,” said TSgt. Adam Meredith, one of Douville’s colleagues. (Eglin report by Lois Walsh)
Air Force Conducts Test Launch of Minuteman III ICBM
May 21, 2025
The Air Force tested an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif,. at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time May. 21. The successful test saw the missile equipped with a single reentry vehicle travel more than 4,200 miles to strike a test site near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall…