Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base
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| Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) | |
| Located near: Valparaiso, Florida | |
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First 33rd Fighter Wing Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Arrives at Eglin AFB Florida 14 July 2011
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| Type | Air Force Base |
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| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1935 |
| In use | 1935 – present |
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| Current commander |
Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano |
| Garrison |
 96th Air Base Wing
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| Elevation AMSL | 87 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°29′22″N 086°32′32″W / 30.48944°N 86.54222°WCoordinates: 30°29′22″N 086°32′32″W / 30.48944°N 86.54222°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.eglin.af.mil | ||||||||||||||
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Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA 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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