Pangkalan Tentera Udara Eglin

Pangkalan Tentera Udara Eglin  ialah pangkalan Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat (USAF) di barat Florida panhandle, yang terletak kira-kira  barat daya Valparaiso di Kaunti Okaloosa.

Unit hos di Eglin ialah Sayap Ujian ke-96 (dahulunya Sayap Pangkalan Udara ke-96). 96 TW merupakan pusat ujian dan penilaian untuk senjata, navigasi dan sistem panduan yang digunakan oleh Tentera Udara AS, dan sistem-sistem Markas Operasi Khas Tentera Udara (AFSOC).

Eglin AFB telah diasaskan  pada tahun 1935 sebagai Pangkalan Pengeboman dan Meriam Valparaiso. Ia dinamakan bagi menghormati Lt. Kol. Frederick I. Eglin  yang telah terbunuh dalam satu kemalangan yang melibatkan pesawat penyerang beliau Northrop A-17 semasa dalam satu penerbangan daripada Langley ke Maxwell Field, Alabama.

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