Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base
Part of Air Force Materiel Command
(AFMC)
USGS aerial photo as of 15 February 1999
Location of Eglin Air Force Base
IATA: VPS – ICAO: KVPS – FAA: VPS
Summary
Airport type
Military: Air Force Base
Operator
U.S. Air Force
Location
Valparaiso, Florida
In use
1948-present
Commander
Major General David W.
Eidsaune[1]
Occupants
96th Air Base Wing
Elevation AMSL
87 ft / 27 m
Coordinates
30°29′00″N 086°31′52″W /
30.483333°N 86.53111°W
/ 30.483333; -86.53111
Website
www.eglin.af.mil
Runways
Length
Direction
ft
m
Surface
1/19
10,012 3,052 Asphalt
12/30
12,005 3,659 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: official site[2] and FAA[3]
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Eglin Air Force Base (IATA: VPS, ICAO:
KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air
Force base located 1-mile (1.6 km) southwest
of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County, Florida,
United States. It was named in honor of WWI
aviator and test pilot Lt Col Frederick Irving
Eglin. Since its founding in 1933 Eglin has
evolved from a remote bombing and gunnery
range in the 1930s (although very little actu-
al bombing was done at the outset) into the
military’s primary non-nuclear test facility, it
now supports a wide variety of multi-service
test missions as well as providing a home for
many special operations functions.
Units
Eglin is the home of the Air Armament
Center (AAC) and is one of four product
centers in the Air Force Materiel Command
(AFMC). Serving as the focal point for all Air
Force armaments, the AAC is the center re-
sponsible for the development, acquisition,
testing, deployment and sustainment of all
air-delivered weapons.
The host wing at Eglin is the 96th Air
Base Wing (96 ABW) whose mission con-
sists of supporting the Air Armament Center
and the myriad of tenant commands and
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Eglin Air Force Base
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associate units with traditional military ser-
vices as well as all the services of a small
city, to include civil engineering, personnel,
logistics, communications, computer, medic-
al, security, and all other host