Eglin Air Force Base

Local nameEglin Air Force Base (VPS)
LocationFlorida, United States

Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about three miles southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County.

The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test 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 88 years ago in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base. It is named in honor of Lt. Col. Frederick I. Eglin, who was killed in a crash of his Northrop A-17 attack aircraft on a flight from Langley to Maxwell Field, Alabama.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base

Address 32542, United States

Coordinates 30°34'23.018" N -86°32'2.595" E

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