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Eglin AFB, FL – F-35

Eglin AFB, FL – F-35 poster art.

Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles southwest of Valparaiso, Florida. The host unit is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing). 
The 33d Fighter Wing is a USAF unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command’s Nineteenth Air Force stationed at Eglin, where it is a tenant unit. The 33 FW is an AETC training unit. Its main mission is to train U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy pilots and maintainers on the F-35 ‘Lightning II. The Lockheed Martin F-35 is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth-generation multirole fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. (See more below)