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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.
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.
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).
Eglin AFB Site C-6 is a United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system(s), and radar control equipment designed and constructed for the U.S. Air Force by the Bendix Communications Division, Bendix Corporation.
The 96th Test Wing of Eglin will conduct weapons testing on the Eglin Test and Training Range on Wednesday, Sept. 13, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Eglin Field was chosen to test launching techniques. Eglin received its first JB-2 for testing in the fall of 1944. Three sites were created on Eglin's Gulf-side property, all designed to test different launching techniques. Two sites are located within a half mile of each other on Santa Rosa Island, on Air Force property.
Eglin AFB, FL: APGC: 1 Jul 1953 1 Oct 1954: 1 Oct 1954 24 Oct 1955: Replaced by 3241st Test Group. [107] [108] 3200th Proof Test Wing: 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 ...
The McKinley Climatic Laboratory is both an active laboratory and a historic site located in Building 440 on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The laboratory is part of the 96th Test Wing. In addition to Air Force testing, it can be used by other US government agencies and private industry. [2]