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Eglin AFB

Eglin Air Force Base
Air Force Materiel Command.png
Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Located near: Valparaiso, Florida

First F-35 Lightning Arrives at Eglin AFB Florida.jpg

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First 33rd Fighter Wing Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Arrives at Eglin AFB Florida 14 July 2011
Type Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1935
In use 1935 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano
Garrison 96th Air Base Wing.png 96th Air Base Wing
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL 87 ft / 27 m
Coordinates 30°29′22″N 086°32′32″W / 30.48944°N 86.54222°W / 30.48944; -86.54222Coordinates: 30°29′22″N 086°32′32″W / 30.48944°N 86.54222°W / 30.48944; -86.54222
Website www.eglin.af.mil
Map
  is located in Florida
Location of Eglin Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 10,012 3,052 Asphalt
12/30 12,005 3,659 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: official site and FAA

First F-35 Lightning Arrives at Eglin AFB Florida.jpg

Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: VPSICAO: KVPSFAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles (5 kilometers) southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County.

The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing). The 96 TW is the test and evaluation center for Air Force air-delivered weapons, navigation and guidance systems, Command and Control systems, and Air Force Special Operations Command systems.

Eglin AFB was established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base. It is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick I. Eglin (1891–1937), who was killed in a crash of his Northrop A-17 pursuit aircraft on a flight from Langley to Maxwell Field, Alabama.

Eglin is an Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) base serving as the focal point for all Air Force armaments. Eglin is responsible for the development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sustainment of all air-delivered non-nuclear weapons.


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