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===Tenant units=== Tenant units at an Air Force installation are units which have a mission that is significantly different from that of the host unit, and rely heavily upon the host unit for day-to-day operations (sewer, power, security, recreation). ====[[Ranger School|6th Ranger Training Battalion]] (6th RTB)==== Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field No. 6 ([[Biancur Field]]) is the site of Camp [[James Earl Rudder|James E. Rudder]] and the home of the U.S. Army's 6th Ranger Training Battalion. The 6th RTB conducts the final phase of the U.S. Army [[Ranger School|Ranger Course]]. The entire course is 61 days long and is divided into three phases. Each phase is conducted at different geographical and environmental locations. ====[[20th Space Control Squadron]] (20 SPCS)==== [[File:AN-FPS-85 radar aerial view.jpg|alt=Buildings housing the 20th Space Control Squadron's AN/FPS-85 phased array radar at Eglin Air Force Base Site C-6.|left|thumb|Buildings housing the [[20th Space Control Squadron]]'s [[AN/FPS-85]] [[phased array]] [[radar]] at Eglin Air Force Base Site C-6]] The mission of the 20 SPCS is to detect, track, identify, and report near Earth and deep space objects in Earth's orbit, and provide space object identification data in support of [[United States Space Command]]'s space control mission. A unit of the [[United States Space Force]] (USSF), the men and women of the 20th SPCS operate and maintain the AN/FPS-85 radar, the Space Force's only phased-array radar dedicated to tracking Earth-orbiting objects. ====[[323 Squadron RNLAF]]==== [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] Operational Test and Evaluation squadron, operates 2 [[F-35A]] ====[[486th Flight Test Squadron]] (486th FLTS)==== This unit, which is apparently not a test squadron at all, operates [[Boeing C-32]]Bs in discrete missions for the [[United States Department of State]]'s [[Foreign Emergency Support Team]]. ====[[919th Special Operations Wing]] (919 SOW)==== The 919 SOW, located about {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=off|sp=us|spell=in}} south of Crestview and {{convert|20|mi|km|order=flip}} from Eglin main at Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field No. 3 ([[Duke Field]]) and is the only special operations wing in the [[Air Force Reserve Command]] (AFRC). In wartime or a contingency, the 919 SOW reports to [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] (AFSOC) at [[Hurlburt Field]], Florida, its gaining major command. ====AFOTEC Det 2==== The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center stood up Detachment 2 at Eglin to provide realistic operational testing for new and modified weapon systems. <br /> [[File:US Navy 061031-N-9769P-356 Quartermaster 2nd Class Clayton Hatton prepares an explosive charge used in rendering unexploded ordnance safe to handle.jpg|alt=An explosive charge is prepared to be used for rendering unexploded ordnance safe to handle at the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal.|thumb|An explosive charge is prepared to be used for rendering [[unexploded ordnance]] safe to handle at the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal.]] ====Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal ([[Bomb disposal|EOD]])==== The Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD) is a Navy-managed command, jointly staffed by Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel. NAVSCOLEOD opened its new consolidated training facility in April 1999. ====Joint Assessment Division (JAD)==== Directorate of the [[Joint Staff]], JAD (formerly the [[Joint Deployable Analysis Team]]) conducts field analysis of CJADC2 [[Command and control|C2]] information systems and procedures producing decision-quality data to improve Joint C2 integration and interoperability.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eglin.af.mil/Units/Joint-Assessment-Division/|title= Jdat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616124735/http://www.eglin.af.mil/jdat.asp|archive-date=16 June 2011|url-status=live|access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>
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