City: Fort Walton Beach   County: Okaloosa   Year: 1972
Location: S. John Sims Pkwy, Eglin Air Force Base East Gate Visitors Center

Originally established on June 14, 1935, as Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Range with 1460 acres of land donated by James E. Plew, this site was renamed on August 4, 1937, for Lieutenant Colonel "Frederick I. Eglin, killed in an airplane crash. Eglin Field became a separate opening base August 27, 1940.

Headquarters at base

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Flightline at Eglin

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