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Eglin Air Force Base
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Originally established on June 14, 1935, as Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Range with 1460 acres of land donated by James E. Plew, this site was renamed on August 4, 1937, for Lieutenant Colonel Frederick I. Eglin, who was killed in an airplane crash, and Eglin Field became a separate opening base on August 27, 1940.
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