Editing Eglin Air Force Base (section)

====[[33d Fighter Wing]] (33 FW)====
[[File:A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A takes off Feb. 27 (32546021443).jpg|alt=A F-35A Lightning II of the 33rd Fighter Wing takes off to conduct sorties at Eglin Air Force Base during 2017.|left|thumb|A [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35A Lightning II]] of the [[33rd Fighter Wing]] takes off to conduct sorties at Eglin Air Force Base in 2017.]]

The 33d FW "Nomads" is the largest tenant unit at Eglin. The 33 FW is a joint graduate flying and maintenance training wing for the [[F-35 Lightning II]], organized under Air Education and Training Command's 19th Air Force. First established as the 33d Pursuit Group, the wing's contribution to tactical airpower during its 50-year history has been significant with participation in campaigns around the world, while flying various fighter aircraft. Reactivated at Eglin on 1 April 1965 with [[F-4 Phantom II|F-4C Phantom II]]s, the wing operated, successively, F-4D and E models into the 1970s before transitioning to the [[F-15 Eagle]]. As of 1 October 2009, the 33d FW transitioned to a training wing for the new F-35. The final F-15s assigned to the 33d departed the base in September 2009.<ref>Franks, Staff Sgt. Bryan, 33d Fighter Wing Public Affairs, "First of the F-15C Eagles fly away", ''The Eglin Dispatch'', [[Northwest Florida Daily News]], Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 11 June 2008, Vol. 2, No. 28, p. 2.</ref> As the first of its kind in the [[Department of Defense]], the joint wing is responsible for F-35 pilot and maintainer training for the Air Force, [[USMC|Marine Corps]] and the Navy. The first of 59 F-35s arrived from [[Lockheed Martin Aeronautics|Lockheed Martin Fort Worth]], Texas on 14 July 2011.<ref name="nwfdailynews">[http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/eglin-41818-first-afb.html First F-35 arrives at Eglin Air Force Base | eglin, first, afb – Northwest Florida Daily News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016155500/http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/eglin-41818-first-afb.html |date=16 October 2015 }}. Nwfdailynews.com (14 July 2011). Retrieved on 31 October 2011.</ref>

=====[[58th Fighter Squadron]]=====
The 58th FS "Mighty Gorillas" are authorized to operate 24 assigned F-35A aircraft, planning and executing a training curriculum in support of USAF and international partner pilot training requirements. The F-35A is a [[conventional take-off and landing]], [[Stealth technology|low-observable]], [[multirole combat aircraft|multi-role]] fighter aircraft, designed with [[Fifth-generation fighter|5th-generation]] sensors and weapons, and is able to perform [[air superiority]], [[air interdiction]] and [[close air support]] missions. The F-35A made its first flight on 15 December 2006.