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The Air Force Armament Museum is a military aviation museum adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso, Florida, dedicated to the display of Air Force armament. It is supported by the private, non-profit Air Force Armament Museum Foundation.
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.
National Museum of the United States Air Force – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; Air Force Armament Museum – Eglin AFB, near Valparaiso, Florida; Air Force Cyberspace and Communications Heritage Center – Scott AFB, near Shiloh, Illinois [2]
Eglin Air Force Base (IATA ... The Air Force Armament Museum was founded on base in 1975. In 1981 the original building housing the museum was condemned and the ...
Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #2 is named Pierce Field for Lt Col George E. Pierce, USAAF, killed 19 January 1942 while piloting B-25C-1 Mitchell, AAF Ser. No. 41-13118, which crashed into the Gulf of Mexico 2 miles (3.2 km) S of Destin, Florida. [1] Joe Baugher cites date of 19 October 1942 for loss. [2] Pierce Field is also known as Site C-3.
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.
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. It contains 20 historic buildings.
The Operation Crossbow Site is a historic location at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.During World War II, a reconstruction of a German V-1 flying bomb launch site was built to test the measures needed to destroy the actual bases in France.