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===Post-Cold War=== During a 1992 reorganization, the Air Force disestablished Eglin's parent major command, [[Air Force Systems Command]] (AFSC) and merged its functions with the former [[Air Force Logistics Command]] (AFLC). The newly created major command from this merger, [[Air Force Materiel Command]] (AFMC), remains Eglin's parent command to this day. The Development Test Center, Eglin's host unit, became part of AFMC on 30 June 1992.<ref>Wenzel, Tracy, Daily News Staff Writer, "Eglin host unit is reorganized", Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1 July 1992, Vol. 47, No. 146, p. 1B.</ref> The [[46th Test Wing]] replaced the 3246th Test Wing in October 1992. On 10 August 1994 construction began on the All Conflicts' Veterans War Memorial on the site of the old [[POW]]/[[Missing in action|MIA]] memorial on the western end of Eglin Boulevard. The memorial was dedicated on 15 August 1995.<ref name="Httpwwweglinafmillibraryfactsheetsfactsheetaspid">[http://www.eglin.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9278 Factsheets : Historical Eglin events in August] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717190211/http://www.eglin.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9278 |date=17 July 2011 }}. Eglin.af.mil. Retrieved on 31 October 2011.</ref>[[File:33fw-f15-eglin.jpg|thumb|F-15C of the 33d Fighter Wing|alt=|left]]As part of the military drawdown in the 1990s, the Air Force inactivated the [[33d Fighter Wing]]'s [[59th Fighter Squadron]] on 15 April 1999. The wing lost six aircraft and consolidated the remaining aircraft into the [[58th Fighter Squadron|58th]] and [[60th Fighter Squadron]]s. Originally selected for inactivation in 1997, Air Force officials delayed the decision in recognition of the Nomads' connection with [[Khobar Towers]]. The 59th reactivated as the [[59th Test and Evaluation Squadron]] on 3 December 2004, at [[Nellis Air Force Base]], Nevada. The 59th falls under the 53rd Test Management Group at Eglin.<ref name="thedestinlog.com">[http://www.thedestinlog.com/articles/eglin-31522-nwfdn-tragedies-90s.html Reorganization, technology, triumphs and tragedies: Eglin in the '90s | eglin, tragedies, 90s β News]. TheDestinLog.com. Retrieved on 31 October 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016155500/http://www.thedestinlog.com/articles/eglin-31522-nwfdn-tragedies-90s.html |date=16 October 2015 }}</ref> In July 2012 the [[Air Armament Center]] was inactivated. The center had planned, directed and conducted test and evaluation of U.S. and allied air armament, navigation and guidance systems, and command and controlled systems. It operated two Air Force installations, providing host support not only to Eglin AFB, but also [[Kirtland AFB]], [[New Mexico]]. It had included the Armament Product Directorate (Eglin), the 46th Test Wing (Eglin), the 96th Air Base Wing (Eglin), and the 377th Air Base Wing (Kirtland). The US Navy's [[VFA-101]] "Grim Reapers" deactivated on 23 May 2019 after seven years of F-35C training at Eglin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=109696|title=Strike Fighter Squadron 101 Deactivates|date=23 May 2019|website=US Navy|language=en|access-date=13 July 2019|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226225748/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=109696|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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