[Red Badger]

Hurlburt Field.......

[SJSAMPLE]

Right on the gulf, right?

[yarddog]

They are based at Hurlburt but the testing is done at Eglin. Technically Hurlburt is a separate base but it is totally surrounded by Eglin or maybe some private land too.

When I was growing up, we called it field 9, some locals still do.

[highimpact]

My neighbor is an AC-130 gunship captain, based out of Hurlburt Field. He just returned from a 90-day TDY in Iraq, and he's involved in the base transfer discussed in the article. 130's fly out of Hurlburt field, along with MH-53 Pave Low helicopters (special ops). Eglin is mostly fighter jets (F16, F18, F14, etc.). Our house sits about 3 miles from Eglin's southern bombing range, where the 130's practice. We can see as many as 3 different gunships circling and firing at the same time from our front yard. It's really cool when they drop flares and shoot the big guns.