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Eglin Air Force Base (IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about three miles (5 km) southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County. The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing).
The 96th Test Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Test Center of Air Force Materiel Command at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.The wing was activated at Eglin in 1994 as the 96th Air Base Wing, the headquarters for all support units on Eglin, the largest installation in the Air Force.
The unit is a composite organization consisting of two Operations Groups, the 726th and 926th, gained by Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command, with Geographic Separated Units at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
The 15th Test and Evaluation Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida and assigned to the 753rd Test and Evaluation Group.It was first activated in the expansion of the United States military forces prior to World War II as the 15th Pursuit Squadron.
The unit was renamed the 143rd Air Commando Group on 2 July 1963 and reassigned to the Special Air Warfare Center at Eglin Air Force Base for guidance in unconventional warfare. Initial specialized training at Eglin AFB included low-level airdrop deliveries, sod field and wilderness operations, skip-bombing and other activities in support of ...
The 486th Flight Test Squadron is a secretive United States Air Force unit with a misleading designation, assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, [1] [2] which is associated with activities of the U.S. State Department Foreign Emergency Support Team and Central Intelligence Agency Special Activities Center.
Retired about 1990, now on display at Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB. The 3246th Test Wing was a flight test component of the Air Proving Ground Center , later Armament Division , at Eglin Air Force Base , Florida, and was activated 1 July 1970 to provide weapon and countermeasures test duties.
Eglin AFB, FL: APGC: 1 Apr 1951: 1 Jul 1952: Functions split among 3200th Maintenance Wing, 3202d Installations Wing and 3206th Support Wing. [107] 3200th Support Wing: Eglin AFB, FL: AFSC: 10 Jun 88: 1 Oct 1992: Replaced 3201st ABG. Redesignated 646th Air Base Wing [107] [109] 3201st Air Base Wing: Eglin AFB, FL: APGC, AFSC: 1 Apr 1951: 16 Sep ...