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The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and Hurlburt Office of Special Investigation discovered an explosive device in the back of a truck that had base access after receiving an anonymous tip Tuesday morning. At about 6 a.m., deputies received an untraceable call and alerted Hurlburt Security personnel of the potential danger. The male voice had warned that a man working at Hurlburt Field had explosives on his truck. Hurlburt Field security levels were raised at 10 a.m. when morning searches for the truck came up empty. The caller's partial description eventually led investigators to a man with access to the base...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla., Aug. 29, 2005 — When Master Sgt. Jeffrey Porter left the 321st Special Tactics Squadron at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, he did not realize he would be stationed with his son. Now, as a radio maintainer with the 720th Operations Support Squadron here, he could not be happier. “It's like a dream come true,” the sergeant said. “To convince my son to join the Air Force is one thing, but to leave Mildenhall and a year-and-a-half later have him join me at Hurlburt Field — now that's awesome.” Senior Airman Jeffrey Porter, a gunner with the...