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1935 to present | | 30° 28' 59.88'' N 86° 31' 59.89'' W | | 5km SW Valparaiso, Florida, Valparaiso, Florida | | ICAO: KVPS | IATA: VPS | FAA: VPS | | Elevation: 87 feet |
List of units at Eglin AFB |
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| 2005- | 413 FLTS | MH-139A Grey Wolf, HH-60W Jolly Green II, V-22 Osprey, S-65 H-53, S-70 H-60, UH-1N, | | 1982- | 40 FTS | UH-1N, | | 1971/93 | 55 RQS | S-70 H-60, S-61 H-3, S-65 H-53, | | 1971/88 | 39th ARRW,39th ARRW | | | 1962/66 | 6th SOS | UH-1F Iroquois, UH-1H Iroquois, | | 1955/69 | 48th RQS | S-65 H-53, S-61 H-3, H-43 Huskie, H-43 Huskie, S-55 H-19, |
05-Jul-24 - The U.S. Air Force 413th Flight Test Squadron (413th FLTS) transferred its last Leonardo/Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf to Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) active units, marking the end of four years of evaluations for the new helicopter #Eglin
26-Oct-22 - 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 #rappel
26-Aug-22 - 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 #GreyWolf
25-Aug-22 - USAF 413th Flight Test Squadron Bell UH-1N helicopter conducted hoist training
Sea 2 Sky with 492nd SOW’s Airmen for water survival training #Huey
09-Jul-22 - 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 #SMAMD
04-Dec-21 - 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 #JAGM
16-Apr-21 - US Air Force’s new combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter, the Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II completed its developmental test program at Eglin AFB. Started in November 2019 by 413th FLTS having accumulated over 1,100 flight hours with 6 aircraft #JollyGreenII
25-Mar-21 - Trakka Systems and DroneShield completed a successful demonstration of the TIPS-C (Trakka Interceptor Package Solution) at Eglin AFB for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) #drones
22-Sep-20 - Future USAF combat search and rescue helicopter (CSAR), the Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II, began ground live fire testing at Eglin AFB’s range with GAU-2 (7.62mm M134 minigun gatling) , GAU-18 (.50 M2 Browning) and GAU-21 (.50 M3M) machine guns #LiveFire
11-Aug-20 - USAF future combat rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II completed its first ever aerial refueling in Florida #AerialRefueling
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