Editing Eglin Air Force Base (section)

===Late Cold War era===
[[File:McDonnell Douglas RF-4C-40-MC Phantom- 68-0594.jpg|alt=A McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom of the Eglin AFB based 3247th Test Squadron, seen during 1971.|thumb|A [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom]] of the Eglin AFB based [[3247th Test Squadron]], seen in 1971]]

The [[Air Force Armament Museum]] was founded on base in 1975. In 1981 the original building housing the museum was condemned and the facility closed until 1984.

Selected on 27 April 1975, the installation served as one of four main U.S. [[Vietnam]]ese Refugee Processing Centers operated by the Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees, where base personnel housed and processed more than 10,000 Southeast Asian refugees, the first 374 of which arrived on board a [[Northwest Airlines|Northwest Orient]] [[Boeing 747]] on 4 May 1975.<ref>Braxton, Sheila, "Refugees Arrive; 514 Due in Today", ''Playground Daily News'', Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Monday 5 May 1975, Volume 30, Number 75, p. 1A.</ref>

In 1978, the USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center assumed responsibility for the USAF Air Ground Operations School. In the same year, the Electronic Warfare Evaluation Program became another one of the USAFTAWC's weapons system evaluation programs, and resulted in the activation of the 4487th Electronic Warfare Aggressor Squadron in 1990.<ref name="r1" />

Construction began in 1984 on the [[Bob Hope Village]], the only retirement facility that caters to enlisted military, opening in February 1985. Residents pay below market value for the 256 independent apartments. Col. Bob Gates, [[Bob Hope]]'s [[USO]] pilot, was key in getting the comedian's support for the undertaking, as well as lending his name to the project. He was named an honorary board member of the foundation in 1978 and held benefit concerts for nearly two decades.<ref>Moore, Mona, "25 years of Hope: Village's annual luau will honor Col. Bob Gates, pilot for comedian Bob Hope", ''Northwest Florida Daily News'', Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 29 May 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-government/14554087-1.html 25 years of Hope: Village's annual luau will honor Col. Bob Gates, pilot for comedian Bob Hope | Government > Government Bodies & Offices from]. AllBusiness.com. Retrieved on 31 October 2011. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>