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Dams were built to create water hazards on a golf course on Eglin Air Force Base. They were removed, and the golf course redesigned, in order to improve the habitat of the Okaloosa darter. [3] Eagle Golf Course Dam 5 ft (1.5 m) 2007 Niceville
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).
A "backdoor" gate onto Eglin Air Force Base, adjacent to base housing, accessed by Davis Court off of the northeast corner of Country Club Road, was closed amidst tightened base security and concerns about traffic routing through residential neighborhoods in the mid-1970s.
Wagner Field, (Formerly: Eglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #1), is a component of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It is located northeast of the main base, 13.9 miles northeast of Valparaiso, Florida . The site is notable as the training location for the Doolittle Raiders in early 1942, and the test location for the Credible Sport YMC-130H STOL ...
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 Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso, Florida, was established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base.It is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick I. Eglin, who was killed in a crash of his Northrop A-17 pursuit aircraft on a flight from Langley to Maxwell Field, Alabama.
Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD) is located at Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida. It is a Navy-led, jointly staffed (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) school that provides the high-risk specialized, basic and advanced EOD training to United States, partner nations and selected US Government civilian personnel.
The Eglin Field Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on 22 October 1998) located near Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The district is on Eglin Air Force Base , and is bounded by Barranca, Choctawhatchee, 4th, and "F" Avenues.