Hurlburt Field

Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field
Characteristics
ICAO code	KHRT
Coordinates	30 ° 25 '40 "  N , 86 ° 41' 21"  W Coordinates: 30 ° 25 '40 "  N , 86 ° 41' 21"  W
Height above MSL	12 m (39  ft )
Basic data
operator	US Air Force
Start-and runway
18/36	2926 m × 46 m concrete

Hurlburt Field is a military airfield of the United States Air Force (USAF) in Okaloosa County , Florida . It is west of the city of Mary Esther , on the Eglin Air Force Base Reservation . Hurlburt Field used to belong to Field No. 9 to the Eglin AFB. The entire base has a size of 27 km² and employs almost 8,000 military personnel.

Hurlburt Field is home to the Air Force Special Operations Command and the 1st Special Operations Wing . The squadron supports special operations for all major commands with its units . The 1st Special Operations Group , subordinate to the Wing, has over 1,400 members and is divided into eight squadrons: 4th Special Operations Squadron with AC-130U Spooky Gunship , 8th Special Operations Squadron with CV-22 Osprey , 15th Special Operations Squadron with MC-130H Combat Talon II , 34th Special Operations Squadron and 319th Special Operations Squadron with U-28A as airborne units, as well as the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron , 23rd Weather Squadron , 1st Special Operations Group, Detachment 1 and the 11th Intelligence Squadron in support. The Naval Special Warfare Center (NSWC) maintains a Combat Training Range Detachment of the Navy SEALs at the base.

The site was named after First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt, who died in a plane crash on the site in 1943.

Web links

Commons : Hurlburt Field  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (eng.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ 1st Special Operations Group. In: US Air Force. Retrieved February 23, 2018 .