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Eglin Site C-6 was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command on 20 December 1968, [39] and the site - using the FORTRAN computer language [41]--became operational during the week of 9 February 1969. [42] Site C-6 was the 1971-84 location of the Alternate Space Surveillance Center [15].
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]
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 Air Force Base, FL: 33d Fighter Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013; Knaack, Marcelle Size. Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems, Volume 1, Post-World War Two Fighters, 1945–1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1978. ISBN 0-912799-59-5
Headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, the Complex also operates from geographically separated units at Ames Research Center, Mountain View and Edwards AFB, California; Peterson AFB, Colorado; Eglin AFB, Florida; the Federal Research Center at White Oak, Maryland; Holloman AFB, Kirtland AFB, and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico ...
Construction of these facilities began in October 1986 and was officially opened for business on 24 June 1988. On 15 November 1996, a groundbreaking ceremony was conducted at Eglin AFB. Construction began on the $16.2 million military construction project which, on completion, would provide the facilities for all the basic EOD training at Eglin.
Located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, JDAT is made up of members from all four Services, Department of Defense civilian employees and contractor support. [1] JDAT employs scientific methods to research, investigate, test, assess, and evaluate current and emergent Joint C2 information systems and associated procedures.
The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron is part of the 53d Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It conducts testing and evaluation for the F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, and F-16 Fighting Falcon airframes.