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Florida State Road 297 (SR 297, southbound) at exit 7A, gives access to the Pensacola Naval Air Station and the National Museum of Naval Aviation. On the border between Brent and Ensley , the median approaching exits 10A and 10B becomes unexpectedly wide in order to accommodate flyover on-ramps from US 29 that enter the left sides of the road.
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).
Constructed in Santa Rosa County, the westernmost of Eglin's ten satellite fields, Auxiliary Field 10 was originally named Dillon Field for Captain Barclay H. Dillon, United States Army Air Forces, a test pilot of the Fighter Section of the 1st Proving Ground Group, Eglin Field, killed 2 October 1943 when his P-38J-5-LO Lightning, AAF Ser. No. 42-67103, crashed 8 miles W of Milton, Florida. [1]
Eglin AFB: 5.518: 8.880: CR 85B west (Sunset Lane) 5.97: 9.61: SR 397 north – Eglin AFB: interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance: 6.473: 10.417: SR 189 – Eglin AFB, Wright, Fairgrounds, University of Florida Research & Engineering Education Facility: 7.752: 12.476: General Bond Boulevard - Hurlburt Field: 8.55: 13.76: SR 123 ...
In 1957, The Okaloosa County Air Terminal opened on Eglin Air Force Base in building 89 with 3 personnel (Airport Manager, Security and Admin Support). Southern Airways was the only passenger airline, with Douglas DC-3s direct to Atlanta via several stops. [5]
Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport / Eglin Air Force Base: P-S 973,477 Gainesville: GNV: GNV KGNV Gainesville Regional Airport: P-N 200,444 Jacksonville: JAX: JAX KJAX Jacksonville International Airport: P-M 2,425,685 Key West: EYW: EYW KEYW Key West International Airport: P-S 741,130 Melbourne: MLB: MLB KMLB Melbourne Orlando International ...
The airport sees frequent military training use by aircraft based at Eglin AFB, Duke Field, Hurlburt Field, NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting Field and Fort Novosel. [1] In September 2022, Gulf Air Group announced a $16 million expansion project for the airport that would include the construction of a new aircraft hangar complex.
The NATTC facility at NAS Pensacola is also home to the USAF Detachment 1, a geographically separated unit (GSU) whose home unit is the 359th Training Squadron located at nearby Eglin AFB. Detachment 1 trains over 1,100 airmen annually in three structural maintenance disciplines: low observable, non-destructive inspection, and aircraft ...