History of Eglin Air Force Base engine." On 31 October 1992, the first U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III to deploy to a base outside of California completed a 4.2-hour, flight to Eglin Air Force Base. The third production aircraft flew from Edwards AFB to the Florida base where it underwent pressurization and temperature control tests inside the climatic test facility. The tests were expected to last five to six months, after which it was to return to the flight test program at Edwards. On 25 March 1993, the 55th Special Operations Squadron, equipped with Sikorsky MH-60 Black Hawks, was reassigned from Eglin Main
Andersen Air Force Base on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 when the base was circled by two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-H bombers, mere hours prior to President Obama's State of the Union Address. Their flight was monitored by US F-15 fighter jets and eventually the Russian bombers left the area in a northbound direction. As tensions escalate between the US and the North-Korean regime, the latter threaten to strike the island. A total of 816,393 munitions assets valued at over $95 million dollars were delivered to Andersen Air Force Base between August 21 and September 30, 2017. Andersen Air Force Base is home to Andersen