Duke Field
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| Duke Field Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #3 |
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| IATA: EGI – ICAO: KEGI – FAA: EGI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Owner | United States Air Force | ||
| Location | Crestview, Florida | ||
| Occupants | • 919th Special Operations Wing • 728th Air Control Squadron |
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| Elevation AMSL | 191 ft / 58 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 8,000 | 2,438 | Asphalt |
| 180/360 | 3,500 | 1,067 | Asphalt |
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Duke Field (IATA: EGI, ICAO: KEGI, FAA LID: EGI), also known as Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #3, is a military airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Crestview, in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States.[1]
It is named for 1st Lt Robert L. Duke, who died in an aircraft crash on 29 December 1943. He was assigned as an assistant to the Proving Ground of the Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command at Eglin Field, now Eglin Air Force Base. The installation is about 12 miles north of the Eglin AFB East Gate on State Highway 85.
Duke Field was one of the first auxiliary fields built on the Eglin Field / Eglin AFB complex. Field 3 was one of several used in training missions by the Doolittle Raiders in 1942. Shortly after the end of World War II, the field was one of several sites used in the production of the 1949 feature film Twelve o'Clock High.
Today, Duke Field is essentially a small air base in its own right. Primarily an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) installation, the Duke Field facility is hosted by the 919th Special Operations Wing (919 SOW), operating the MC-130E Combat Talon I and MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft. As an AFRC unit, the 919 SOW is operationally gained by the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at nearby Hurlburt Field.
A Regular Air Force unit, the 728th Air Control Squadron is also located at Duke Field.
Duke Field has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 measuring 8,000 x 150 ft. (2,438 x 46 m) and 180/360 measuring 3,500 x 60 ft. (1,067 x 18 m).
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[edit] 2008 Doolittle reunion
Six original Raiders were present at Duke Field, Saturday 31 May 2008, for the culmination of their annual reunion. Three civilian B-25s in warbird markings reenacted the training take-off sessions, with personnel from NAS Pensacola as flight deck crew representing that service's contribution to the Tokyo raid.
[edit] See also
- Hurlburt Field (formerly Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #9)
[edit] References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for EGI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-02-14
[edit] External links
- Duke Field at GlobalSecurity.org
- Hybrid map and satellite image
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for EGI
- ASN accident history for EGI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for EGI
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