Editing Eglin Air Force Base (section)

==Eglin AFB in pop culture==
* Movies that have been filmed in part at Eglin Air Force Base or its outlying auxiliary airfields, ''[[Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo]]'' in 1944, ''[[Twelve O' Clock High]]'' in 1949, ''[[On the Threshold of Space]]'' in 1955 and ''[[Search for Paradise]]'' in 1956.<ref>"Crew Is Shooting Cinerama Movie at Eglin APGC," Playground News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 25 October 1956, p. 1.</ref>
* Thirteen airmen assigned to the 48th Recovery Squadron played a part in the 1965 James Bond movie ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''. The airmen, all highly skilled paratroopers, assisted in a sky diving scene filmed in Miami Beach. They jumped out of an [[HC-97]] in Biscayne Bay at an altitude of 1,500 feet. A quote from TSgt Lewis Roberts said, "We played the good guys and were helping James Bond destroy the villains who were about to blow up the East Coast."<ref>"Thirteen Eglin Airmen Featured in Bond Movie," Playground Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 21 July 1965, p. 3.</ref>
* Several Tom Clancy novels refer to "raking the sand traps on the officers' golf course" at Eglin as a common activity for low-security prisoners at the associated [[Federal Prison Camp, Eglin]], now closed.
* [[F-15 Eagles]] from Eglin's [[33rd Fighter Wing]], 59th Fighter Squadron, were used in the filming of the 1997 movie [[Air Force One (film)|''Air Force One'']].<ref>"Local crew called on to defend 'Air Force One|(film),'" Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 13 July 1997, p. 1B.</ref>
* Eglin AFB appears as the default airport in the simulation software [[Prepar3D]].