Eglin AFB /Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) Okaloosa County (FL)

**Eglin AFB /Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)**
ICAO:	KVPS
FAA:	VPS
City:	Valparaiso /Destin-Fort Walton Beach
County:	Okaloosa
State:	Florida
TRACON:	?
ARTCC:	Jacksonville

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General Information

Eglin Air Force Base (VPS) is located approximately 3 miles southwest of Valparaiso, Florida. The base covers approximately 463,128 acres.

The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (96 TW). The 96 TW is the test and evaluation center for Air Force air-delivered weapons, navigation and guidance systems, Command and Control systems, and Air Force Special Operations Command systems.

Eglin AFB was established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base. It is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick I. Eglin (1891–1937), who was killed in a crash of his Northrop A-17 pursuit aircraft on a flight from Langley to Maxwell Field, Alabama.

Eglin is an Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) base serving as the focal point for all Air Force armaments. Eglin is responsible for the development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sustainment of all air-delivered non-nuclear weapons.

The base plans, directs and conducts test and evaluation of U.S. and allied air armament, navigation and guidance systems, and command and control systems.

Severe weather testing of aircraft and other equipment is carried out here at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory.

Scheduled airline service

Eglin is also one of the few military air bases in the U.S. to have scheduled passenger airline service. The Destin - Fort Walton Beach Airport is co-located on the base property.

Radio Communications

Land Mobile Radio (LMR)

Primary land mobile communications uses site 1-04 of this system.

Eglin Air Force Base

Site	Name	Freqs
004 (4)	Eglin AFB, FL	385.012500c	385.900000	386.125000a	386.225000	386.400000	386.500000	386.650000	386.812500
		386.912500	388.000000	388.150000	388.387500	388.500000	388.650000	388.850000

Aircraft Operations

Comm Card

Local Frequencies/Channels (published May 1, 2013)
Preset	UHF	Agency	VHF	Mode	Notes
01				AM
02	377.200	Clearance Delivery	127.700	AM
03	335.800	Eglin Ground	121.800	AM
04	353.650	Eglin Tower	118.200	AM
05	360.600	Departure/Approach (South)	132.100	AM
06	281.450	Departure/Approach (North)	125.100	AM
07	290.500	ERCF Arrival (Primary)	124.250	AM
08	278.450	ERCF Discrete		AM
09	269.150	Emergency/Single Frequency Approach		AM
10	264.600	SOF location in Control Tower		AM
11	316.900	Land Mission Common/Return to Base (RTB)	135.250	AM
12	290.900	Water Mission Common/RTB	135.250	AM
13	351.675	Hurlburt Tower	126.500	AM
14	290.425	Duke Tower	133.200	AM
15	363.400	Air Refueling Common		AM
16	255.400	Flight Service		AM
17				AM
18				AM
19				AM
20	273.500	Eglin ATIS	134.625	AM
Manual Frequencies
M	305.600	40th / 85th Ops	143.875	AM
M	320.800	VFA-101 Ops		AM
M	354.200	58 FS Ops		AM

Additional Aircraft Frequencies

Active frequencies (as of Q2 2015)
Preset	Frequency	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Service
??	142.275	BM	142.275 58 FS A/A	142.275 58 FS Air-Air	AM	Military
??	225.850	BM	225.850 58 FS ACM	225.850 58 FS ACM	AM	Military
??	226.100	BM	226.100 MHz	MOZAM usage	AM	Military
??	233.450	BM	233.450 VFA-101 A/A	VFA-101 Air-Air	AM	Military
??	266.550	BM	266.550 58 FS A/A	58 FS 266.550 Air-Air	AM	Military
20 Aux	259.750	BM	259.750 58 FS A/A	259.750 58 FS Air-Air	AM	Military
??	313.600	BM	313.600 AIC/GCI	BLUE? / RED? Air	AM	Military
??	326.625	BM	326.625 AIC/GCI	BLUE? / RED? Air	AM	Military
??	342.500	BM	ZIPPER A/A	ZIPPER Air-Air	AM	Military

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External Links

Eglin AFB Official site