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    • usa Eglin AFB

    Valparaiso, Florida

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    6.60326FL5 Niceville Twin Cities Hospital Heliport, Florida
    11.0147KDTS Destin Municipal, Florida
    16.2247KHRT Hurlburt Field, Florida
    18.6003KEGI Duke Field, Florida
    32.9001KCEW Crestview Bob Sikes, Florida
    40.4303KNZX NOLF Harold helipad, Florida



    1935 to present

    30° 28' 59.88'' N - 86° 31' 59.89'' W
    5km SW Valparaiso, Florida
    ICAO: KVPSIATA: VPS FAA: VPS
    Elevation: 87 feet





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    List of units at Eglin AFB

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    YearsRotary Wing Aircraft Unitbold : Current Model
    normal: Unit no longer at this base
    2005/    413 FLTSMH-139A Grey Wolf 2020/   
    HH-60W Jolly Green II 2019/21
    V-22 Osprey 2007/   
    S-65 H-53 2005/08
    S-70 H-60 2005/   
    UH-1N 2005/   
    1982/    40 FTSUH-1N 1982/12
    1971/9355 RQSS-70 H-60 1982/99
    S-61 H-3 1980/82
    S-65 H-53 1973/90
    1971/8839th ARRW,39th ARRW
    1962/666th SOSUH-1F Iroquois 1964/74
    UH-1H Iroquois ??/13
    1955/6948th RQSS-65 H-53 1966/69
    S-61 H-3 1966/69
    H-43 Huskie 1966/68
    H-43 Huskie 1963/65
    S-55 H-19 1954/63



    Eglin AFB News

    MH-139A Tests New Rappelling System, 26-Oct-22 : #rappel US Air Force 413th Flight Test Squadron (413 FLTS) at Eglin AFB tested the new rappelling system of the Boeing/Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter

    MH-139A Grey Wolf First Flight with All-USAF Crew, 26-Aug-22 : #GreyWolf The Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf earned its military flight release allowing Air Force-only aircrew to fly it without Boeing contractors. Lt Col Mary Clark of the 413th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, FL conducted the first flight

    USAF UH-1N Special Ops Wing Water Survival Training, 25-Aug-22 : #Huey USAF 413th Flight Test Squadron Bell UH-1N helicopter conducted hoist training Sea 2 Sky with 492nd SOW’s Airmen for water survival training

    SMAMD Mine Countermeasure for Fire Scout, 09-Jul-22 : #SMAMD US Navy demonstrated the mine countermeasure (MCM) prototype technology Single-system Multi-mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) on the MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter drone at Eglin AFB

    Marines AH-1Z Test JAGM Missile, 04-Dec-21 : #JAGM Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron VMX-1 tested the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) from Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida

    16-Apr-21 - HH-60W Completed Development Testing #JollyGreenII
    25-Mar-21 - TIPS-C Drone Interceptor Demo at Eglin AFB #drones
    22-Sep-20 - HH-60W Begins Live-Fire Testing #LiveFire
    11-Aug-20 - First Aerial Refueling for HH-60W Jolly Green II #AerialRefueling
    07-Jun-20 - HH-60W and Apache Flying Together #Apache
    08-Apr-20 - Extreme Weather Trials for HH-60W #ExtremeWeather
    20-Feb-20 - MH-139 Begins Testing in Florida #testing
    08-Jan-20 - HH-60W in Anechoic Chamber for Systems Testing #soundproof
    25-Sep-14 - AH-64E Changes Way Apaches Fight
    01-Mar-12 - UH-1N Testing Flight Moved to Duke Field
    03-Apr-07 - S-92 Proves Capability to Deploy Missile Defense Measure







    List of aircraft and events at Eglin AFB

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    By Date | By Serial

    DatesOrg/TypeUnit
    1993-mar-01 MH-60G 82-23689
    2002-apr-01 HH-60J 6011 / 163811
    2007-sep-07 accident20th SOS HH-53C 69-5794
    2008-oct-09 HH-53C 73-1652
    2009-jul 40 FTS UH-1N 69-6617
    2009-jul-21 HH-53C 73-1652
    2010-feb 40 FTS UH-1N 69-6626
    2010-nov-07 HH-53C 73-1652
    2013 wreckArmy AH-1G 68-17084
    2013-jan-23 Bell Helicopter MV-22B N204TR
    2013-aug-02 HH-53C 73-1652
    2015-dec 55 RQS HH-53C 73-1652
    2019-dec-19 USAF MH-139 18-1002
    2020-aug 413 FLTS HH-60W 14-14480
    2020-aug-17 USAF HH-60W 14-14480
    2020-dec USAF HH-60W 14-14482
    2022-aug 413 FLTS UH-1N 69-6626
    2022-aug-17 413 FLTS MH-139 18-1003



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