Valparaiso, Florida
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Valparaiso is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city population
Valparaiso City Hall, September 2014.
Aerial view, 1935
Eglin Air Force Base
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Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in the western Florida panhandle, located about three miles southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County.
Valparaiso, Florida
…headquarters for the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base activated on June 14, 1935, under the command of Captain Arnold H. Rich. This was the founding of Eglin Air Force Base. The field was assigned the ICAO airport code VPS for Valparaiso, which Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport retains to this day. In Niceville, there is…
An F-35A Lightning of the 33rd Fighter Wing based at Eglin AFB
A Northrop F-89C landing at Eglin Air Force Base in the 1950s
Eglin AFB aircraft parking apron in 1964
A McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom of the Eglin AFB based 3247th Test Squadron, seen in 1971