Hurlburt Field

Hurlburt Field Facts

• Location: Okaloosa County, Florida
• Website:
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• Phone: (850) 884-1110
• Longitude:
  -86.694317
• Latitude:
  30.427213
• DSN:
  579-1110

Hurlburt Field is named after a United States Army Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt who was killed in a plane crash. It is a United States military Base which had been previously named Eglin-Hurlburt Airdrome, Hurlburt Field and Eglin Auxiliary Field number 9 until 1948 when it assumed its current name. The facility spaces a space of about 27 square kilometers and has a total population of almost 8000 military personnel. Hurlburt field can boast of the best military equipment and personnel in the Florida State. The early 1960s saw the facility being used as a dispersal base for 306^th Bomb Wing’s B-47s Strategic Air Command.

Over the years, their aircraft range had included AC-18K Stinger gunships, AC-47 Spooky gunships, B-26K Counter invaders and many more. There is a long paved runway, which has hungers located west of it. Lockheed AC-130 Spectre or Spooky gunships and MC-130 Combat Talon were introduced to operate in the base when special operations were introduced. The USAF Special Operations School, located on the Hurlburt Field trains Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guards and Marine Corps.

They also train civilian society on Dynamics of International Terrorism, Middle East Orientation Course and many more. The Hurlburt Field also houses the Joint Special Operations University, which has lectures drawn from all branches of the United States military, the Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, non-governmental organizations and civilian universities.

The university allows frank comments from students, faculty and staff. An Air Commando Air Park is available at the field, but is only accessible to military personnel, due to the security measures put in place in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States. Every visitor entering the facility must be sponsored. The facility was used to stage the Transformers 3 movie and also by the Miami NBA heat for training before the beginning of the main season.