Hurlburt Field (ICAO: KHRT , FAA LID: HRT ) is a United States Air Force installation located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately next door west of Mary Esther Town. It is part of the larger Eglin Air Force Base base, and is the headquarters of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), First Wings Operation (1 SOW), the USAFSOS Special Operations School (USAFSOS) and the Air Combat Command (ACC) 505 Command and Control Wing. It was named for First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt, who died in an accident at Eglin. Installation of nearly 6,700 hectares (27 km 2 ), and employing nearly 8,000 military personnel.
This facility is given a three-letter location identifier HRT by the Federal Aviation Administration, but does not have IATA (IATA) airport code (IATA assign HRT to RAF Linton-on-Ouse in the UK).
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Histori
Hurlburt started as a small training field for the much larger Eglin Square. Originally designated as Eglin Auxiliary Field No. 9, and later as Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field 9/Hurlburt Field when the US Air Force became an independent service, before being administratively separated from the rest of the Eglin AFB complex in the 1950s. However, once separated, the facility maintains its history and stores all the same building numbers; that is, it all starts with "9". The installation was named by Field-Eglin base commander Brigadier General Grandison Gardner for First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt (1919-1943), who died in a plane crash at the base, later known as Eglin Field, in 1943.
This facility had previously been called Eglin-Hurlburt Airdrome until 1943; Hurlburt Field, March 1944; Eglin Auxiliary Field No. 9, October 1944; with its current official name on January 13, 1948. Commander base Eglin Main was also responsible for Hurlburt, 1942-1946, but when the base was reactivated on 1 February 1955, he obtained a separate commander.
Donald Wilson Hurlburt
After performing combat missions flying from the United Kingdom on B-17 and receiving Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Lieutenant Hurlburt was commissioned in mid-1943 to the First Trial Electronic Test Unit at Eglin Field. He died on October 1, 1943, when the Lockheed AT-18 Hudson cannon coach, 42-55591, fell at take-off at Eglin. The official history of the early years Eglin AFB mentions October 2, 1943 to the accident, and also notes that Captain Barclay H. Dillon, the Fighter Section of Proving Ground Group pilot, died in another accident on the same date. Auxiliary Field No. 10 then named Eglin Dillon Airdrome, now known primarily as Outlying Field Choctaw, an additional Navy field for NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field. Hurlburt's nephew was Captain Craig D. Button, USAF, noted for the mysterious flight and the A-10 Thunderbolt accident on April 2, 1997.
Doolittle Raiders
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle and his Raiders can not practice taking off with their B-25 Mitchell bomber at Auxiliary Field No. 1. 9, therefore, and the required runway, did not exist in March 1942. "Former Hurlburt Field base commander in the 1950s may have started this story, and some official history and robber interviews have perpetuated this belief." Nevertheless, a short, cross-field runway near the southern tip of Hurlburt Field's main runway, now called Taxiway Doolittle. Other Eglin spheres, including the Wagner/Eglin Field Supplementary No. 1, and the Duke Field/Eglin Support Field. 3, used during this training.
For the 2008 collection of the surviving Doolittle mission, six crew members came to be identified at Fort Walton Beach, Florida, culminating in a re-training session by three B-25 civilians B-25 Mitchell at Duke Field on May 31. Navy personnel from NAS Pensacola, as flight deck "deck" crews, representing the service's contribution to the Tokyo mission.
Drones and missiles
The launch site for drones overlooking the Gulf begins with Republic-Ford JB-2 Loons, an American copy of the V-1 "buzz bomb", operated on Santa Rosa Island, from Site A-15, just south of Field 9 of the fall 1944 to anticipate Operation Olympic against Japan from captured Pacific island bases. The atomic mission is paid for this operation. This launch site is now in the National Register of Historic Places.
The 4751st Air Defense Wing (Missile) was organized in Hurlburt on October 1, 1957. It redesigned the 4751st Air Defense Missile Wing on January 15, 1958 and discontinued in July 1, 1962 when the Tactical Air Command took over the field. The subordinate of 4751 Defense Water Defense Squadron resumed operations as a renter until Nov. 30, 1979. It operates IM-99/CIM-10 missile surface-to-air missiles from this site. On August 18, 1960, a Bomarc missile from the Santa Rosa launch facility made a direct strike on its target, a QB-47E drone of the Drone Group 3205, marking the first shooting of a multi-jet mid-bomber by a missile-to-air surface.
6555 The Guided Missile Guide hosts the CGM-13/TGM-13 Mace roaming missile from the island. On January 5, 1967, an international incident was almost averted when the TGM-13 Mace was launched from Santa Rosa Island, which was supposed to surround the Gulf on the racetrack to be shot down by a pair of Eglin F-4 Phantom, on the contrary, heading south to Cuba. The third F-4 took over the drone, fired two AAM tests with no effect, and damaged them with cannon fire, but the unarmed Mace completely surpassed the western end of Cuba before falling in open waters about 100 miles (160 km) farther south. The final launch of Mace from Hurlburt Site A-15 took place in June 1974. Another launch in 1960 included six high-grade barium releases evaporated from the 2-stage Nike Iroquois hearing rocket in January 1967 to measure wind speed and direction at the top. atmosphere, conducted under the auspices of the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories together with the Space System Branch of the Airborne and Missile Test Division, Airborne Inspection Center, Eglin AFB.
Tactical Bombardment
Hurlburt Field fell into collapse after World War II, but reactivated in 1955. The 17th Bombing Wings were reactivated on April 1, 1955 and assigned to the Ninth Air Force, with the 34th Squadron of the 37th,... and 95th were assigned under the 17th Bomb Group. "The 17th generation of personnel and pilots crossed the Pacific in three echelons, some flying their B-26's [sic] from Miho Air Base, Japan, to Florida. on the ship of General Gaffney's troops, while another group, made up of aviators from another Fifth Air Force unit, arrived in San Francisco in early April 1955, aboard the aircraft carrier, Cape Esperance. "
The 17th Bomb Wing was placed in Eglin AFB, Florida, operating from Hurlburt Field, where it was programmed to receive Martin B-57 Canberra, a substitute for the B-26 Invader. However, the B-57 proved troublesome and unreliable and only three or four were ever delivered to Hurlburt. On October 1, 1955, Hurlburt redesigned the 17th, Tactical Wing Bombardment, and received a B-66 aircraft in early 1956.
The first jet aircraft to land in Hurlburt was the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star arriving from the Ninth Air Force Base, Shaw AFB, South Carolina, on July 28, 1955, driven by Major J. H. Murrow and Major L. F. Collins. "The pilot of the 17th Bomb Wing will in the near future be flying the T-33's [sic] for transitional instruments and training to prepare the new B-66 bomber scheduled for delivery to the wing..." The first B- 66 arrived at Hurlburt on March 16, 1956, after a flight from Norton AFB, California, tested by Colonel Colonel Howard F. Bronson's Colonel Commander Colonel Norton W. Sanders, commander of the 17th Bomb Group, as an observer.
The 17th Bomb Wing was equipped with the Destroyer Douglas B-66B, and operated the jet light bombers at Hurlburt from 1956 to 1958, then moved to a base in England. The 17th was disabled on June 25, 1958 due to budget cuts.
With the reactivation of Hurlburt, housing became a premium, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Kramer, Assistant Army District Engineer in Mobile, Alabama, announced on April 5, 1956, that the contract was awarded in the amount of $ 3,315,143.34 for McDonough Construction Company of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, for the construction of 151 concrete block buildings with brick facing. Residences will be a single and duplex venue with 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms. Construction began in the first 48 buildings (72 units) in mid-April, with an expected early completion in February 1957.
Special Operations
On April 14, 1961, the Air Force Air Force (TAC) Command activated the 4400th Crew Training Squad at Hurlburt, to fly operations against the guerrillas, either as an open air force operation or in an unspecified hidden capacity. Known as the "Jungle Jim" nickname, this unit was ordered by Colonel Benjamin H. King. The squadron was authorized 16 C-47s, eight B-26s and eight T-28 Trojans, plus the same number of aircraft in temporary storage. The T-28 is armed with.50 caliber, 2.75 inches tall. rockets and a small number of bombs. These specialists fly missions in Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, and other places around the world. In early 1962, a plan for Operation Northwoods that never executed requested a bait plane to land on this base.
From the 1960s to the early 1970s, the base hosted a variety of aircraft, including A-1E Skyraiders, AC-119G Shadow, and AC-119K Stinger, AC-47 Spooky captain, AC-130A Specter gunships, B -26K Counter-Invaders (including those deployed to Congo), UC-123Ks with jet underwing jets, OV-10A Forward Air Control Broncos, Cessna O-2A Skymaster FAC and O-2B PSYOPS aircraft, QU-22B recon drones, and others long Serve C-47s in various supporting roles. After the end of the war in Southeast Asia, most types of reciprocating machines have been retired by the USAF. UH-1 and CH-3 are operated, most recently by the 20th Special Operations Squadron.
The 4410th Combat Crew Training Wing was activated at Hurlburt Field on December 1, 1965, then moved to Britain AFB, Louisiana, in July 1969. "In early 1967, the wings consisted of four squadrons, two in Hurlburt, 4408 CCTS training C - 123 crew and training of 4409 A-1E and T-28 pilots, including Vietnamese students, CC10 4410 at Holley Field primarily train O-1 Forward Air Controllers and students fly U-10 and O-2 In December CCTS 4407 will be activated for assumes the 4410 mission when the unit starts training the crew on the new OCH-10 Bronco FAC plane.The fourth Squadron, the CCTS 4412 is in the UK AFB, trains the C-47D and AC-47D pilots April CCTS 4532 is enabled to fly A-37B and assigned to Wing.Later in the second year 4412 and 4532 were transferred to ACW 1 in UK AFB. "
The first jet-enhanced Fairchild C-123K arrived at Hurlburt Field on January 5, 1968, and the first of the 76 types to be transported to Vietnam by Commando Air Squadron 319 departed on April 10.
The 20th Special Operations Squadron was reactivated in 1976 at Hurlburt Field, the remaining unit missions of unconventional warfare and special operations using UH-1N and CH-3E combat guns. The HH-53H Pave Low replaced the CH-3E in 1980, providing long-distance, heavier helicopter capabilities. "The new Air Force operational fleet of the nine HH-53H Pave Low CSAR helicopters was suddenly transferred to special operations forces in response to the failed rescue efforts of the Iran hostage and the lack of dedicated dedicated vertical lift platforms." "The helicopter brought 200 new military jobs to Hurlburt, bringing the number of military positions in the base to 3,200."
In the early 1960s, Hurlburt was used as a base for the deployment of the Strategic Air Command for the B-47 of the 306th Bomb on MacDill AFB, Florida.
Most of the facilities are located west of the runway, including hangars, until the 1980s. With the growth and importance of special operating capabilities, Lockheed AC-130 Specter/Spooky and MC-130 Combat Talon/Combat Spear operations remain on the western flight path, while additional hangars and ramps have been built in the northeast from major runway intersections and runways Doolittle. The new facility is home to the CV-22 Osprey operation of the 413th Fly Test Squadron of the 46th Test Wing, and the recently retired MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter and MH-53M Pave Low IV. The Air Force Special Operations Command continues to fly sensitive operations missions from Hurlburt Field around the world.
The USAFSOS Special Operations School trains the US Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and US government civilian personnel in various courses, including courses in International Terrorism Dynamics, and the Orientation Orientation Course.
The Joint Operations Specialist University (JSOU) previously located at Hurlburt Field until relocation to MacDill AFB in 2011. JSOU lecturers include specialists from all branches of the US military, US Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, civil universities and non-governmental organizations. organization.
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Facilities
Hurlburt Field has a base of 9,650 to 150 feet (2,926 mphway 46 m) reserved 18/36 and a helipad of 1.608 x 90 feet (490 mph-27 m), both with concrete surfaces.
Although Air Commando Air Park was established in the field in 1970 to honor the history of Air Commandos, security in the post-9-11 era meant that it was off limits to non-military personnel. Visitors should be sponsored to the installation.
A leveled intersection at the main gate with a fly-over in the US 98 finishes in the summer of 2015, greatly reducing old traffic congestion.
In popular culture
- Transformers 3 , produced in September 2010, featuring the CV-22 Osprey and AC-130U Spooky, was filmed partly at Hurlburt Field. A number of Hurlburt Airmen are used as extras in movies.
- The NBA Miami Heat runs a week-long pre-season training camp at the Aderholt Fitness Center at Hurlburt Field, September 28, 2010.
See also
- Florida World War II Airfields Air Force
References
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force's History Research website website: http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). An Aerospace Defense Organization Handbook, 1946-1980 (PDF) . Peterson AFB, CO: Historical Office, Aerospace Defense Center.
External links
- Hurlburt Field (official site)
- Hurlburt Field on GlobalSecurity.org
- MH-53J/M PAVE LOW (Pave Cave)
- FAA Airport Chart Ã, (PDF) , effective May 24, 2018
- FAA Terminal Procedure for HRT, valid May 24, 2018
- Resources for this US military airport:
- FAA airport information for HRT
- AirNav airport information for KHRT
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical graph for KHRT
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