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Hurlburt Field

Mary Esther, United States

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Mary Esther · FL · United States

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30.428°, -86.689° · 38 ft elev.

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Home of Air Force Special Operations Command.

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1943

Location

Mary Esther, United States

Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation located in Mary Esther, Florida, adjacent to Fort Walton Beach on the Florida Panhandle. It serves as the headquarters of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and is one of the most operationally active special operations bases in the world. The installation is not a commercial airport and does not serve civilian passengers. It hosts a wide range of special operations aircraft and units, conducting training and real-world missions globally. The base also houses the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center. Hurlburt Field has a long history tied to special operations aviation, tracing its roots to World War II. It is named after Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt, an airman killed in a crash at Eglin Field in 1943.

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›Headquarters of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
›Named after Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt, killed in a 1943 aircraft accident.
›Hosts the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center.
›Located adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base on the Florida Panhandle.
›One of the most operationally active special operations installations in the U.S. military.

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Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force base located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately west of the town of Mary Esther. It is part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation and is home to Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the 1st Special Operations Wing (1 SOW), the USAF Special Operations School (USAFSOS) and the Air Combat Command's (ACC) 505th Command and Control Wing. It was named for First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt, who died in a crash at Eglin. The installation is nearly 6,700 acres (27 km2) and employs nearly 8,000 military personnel.

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