Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base

Airfield information
IATA: VPS – ICAO: KVPS – FAA LID: VPS
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
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

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 supports tenant units of the installation with traditional military services as well as all the services of a small city, to include civil engineering, personnel, logistics, communications, computer, medical, security.

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.

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