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Okaloosa County is a county • Santa Rosa County, located in the northwestern Florida - west portion of the U.S. state • Escambia County, of Florida, extending from Alabama - northwest the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of the National protected areas 2010 census, the population • Choctawhatchee was 180,822. Its county seat is National Forest (part) Crestview. • Gulf Islands National Okaloosa County is included Seashore (part) in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Demographics Statistical Area. Historical population History Okaloosa County was created by an act passed June 3, 1915. Okaloosa is a Choctaw word meaning “black water”. “Oka” means water, and “lusa” is black in the Choctaw language. Geography
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Pop. %± 9,360 — 9,897 5.7% 12,900 30.3% 27,533 113.4% 61,175 122.2% 88,187 44.2% 109,920 24.6% 143,776 30.8% 170,498 18.6% 180,822 6.1% Est. 2013 193,811 7.2% U.S. Decennial Census 1790-1960 1900-1990 1990-2000 2010-2013 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
As of the census of 2000, there were 170,498 people, 66,269 households, and 46,520 families residing in the county. The population density was 182 people per square mile (70/km²). There were 78,593 housing units at an average density of 84 per square mile (32/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 83.41% White, 9.10% Black or African American, 0.60% Native American, 2.47% Adjacent counties Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, Covington County, 1.33% from other races, and Alabama - north 2.96% from two or more races. Walton County, Florida 4.28% of the population were - east Hispanic or Latino of any race.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,082 square miles (2,800 km2), of which 930 square miles (2,400 km2) is land and 152 square miles (390 km2) (14.0%) is water. Fort Walton Beach and three United States Air Force bases, (Duke Field in the North and Eglin AFB and Hurlburt Field are in the south).
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There were 66,269 households out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.20% were married couples living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 23.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.94. In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 31.10% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 12.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 102.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $41,474, and the median income for a family was $47,711. Males had a median income of $30,977 versus $21,961 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,918. About 6.60% of families and 8.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.70% of those under age 18 and 6.50% of those age 65 or over.
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Fort Walton Beach • Laurel Hill • Mary Esther • Niceville • Valparaiso
Robert L.F. Sikes Library Towns • Destin Library • Cinco Bayou • Fort Walton Beach • Shalimar Library • Mary Esther Public U n i n c o r p o r a t e d Library communities • Niceville Library • Valparaiso Community • Baker Library • Blackman • Campton Transportation • Deerland • Eglin AFB Okaloosa County Transit • Escambia Farms operates bus service in the • Garden City county. • Holt • Lake Lorraine Politics • Milligan Okaloosa County is one of the • Ocean City most conservative counties in • Okaloosa Island Florida. Incumbent George W. • Seminole Bush won the county in 2004 • Svea with 78% of the popular vote • Wright and in 2008 the Republican • Whynn Haven Beach candidate John McCain polled • florosa 72%. • Villa Tasso • Timpoochee Presidential elections results •
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second-most of any city in the state of Florida, next to Fort Walton Beach with 69 inches. The town was once known as “the icebox of Florida”, due to it having the coldest winters in the state. Today it goes by a more popular nickname as the “Hub City” of Northwest Florida. Crestview is one of Florida’s fastest growing cities, residential developments, shopping, and land area to grow. It has, as of July 2007, become the largest city in Okaloosa County. In 2007, George Whitehurst, who had been mayor for nearly 20 years, resigned, leading to the election of David Cadle. Cadle had recently retired as the long-time director of the Crestview High School band, The Big Red Machine. As part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure round, Crestview will experience further population growth as the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group relocates from Fort Bragg, North Carolina to a newly built cantonment facility on the northern end of the Eglin Air Force Base reservation, approximately six miles south of the city.
With an elevation of 235 feet (72 m) above sea level, it is one Crestview is a principal of the highest points in the state; city of the Fort Walton it receives 65 inches (1,700 Beach-Crestview-Destin mm) of rainfall annually, the Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Etymology Crestview’s name was chosen because of its location on the peak of a long woodland range between the Yellow and Shoal rivers which flow almost parallel on the east and west side of the city. History Crestview was largely an outgrowth of the coming of railroad service to the west Panhandle of Florida. The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Company, chartered in 1881, opened its line between Pensacola and Apalachicola in January 1883. Soon two express passenger trains, the Atlantic Express and the Gulf Express, and a local accommodation train that stopped everywhere, were in daily operation. The expresses took about six hours to make the run, the local, thirteen hours. When the railroad company was unable to cover the interest owed bondholders, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad covered the shortfalls until 1885, and then foreclosed, merging the route into their system as the L & N’s Pensacola and Atlantic Division. In 1894, sawmill operator W. B. Wright opened the 26-mile (42 km) Yellow River Railroad between Crestview and Florala, Alabama via Auburn,
Campton, and Laurel Hill. The L & N supplied the line with freight cars, and in 1906, purchased the operation, as the Yellow River Branch. This line, without any major shippers on it to make it profitable, was used for freight car storage for a time in the early 1980s and then was abandoned with 25.3 miles of the route lifted after May 1985, although the right of way still exists, with some portions paved as local streets.
airfields. A fleet of trucks were operated round the clock to offload an estimated 180 car loads of petroleum product for the task.
A modern bus terminal served by the Greyhound Lines’ Jacksonville-Los Angeles route, as well as connections north to Atlanta, Memphis and New York, featuring waiting rooms, lounge, smoking rooms, restaurant, and loading concourse, opened on the corner of Ferdon and Pearl Streets on Friday 9 May 1941. As per the standards of the era, it was segregated.
to military personnel from Eglin Field. The Pensacola News Journal reported on 31 January that the town was off the “black list.” According to the front page report, “The outof-town bounds restrictions that had been imposed on Crestview by Eglin field authorities were lifted at noon today [30 January], after a conference of town officials and Eglin authorities, and it was stated that soldiers from the field may visit the town. Billy Powell, town marshall, whose arrest of a soldier for reckless driving and an Eglin officer for interference, precipitated the trouble during the week, has been suspended by the town council. Powell was himself put in the county
A recreation center for enlisted men at the expanding Eglin Field was opened in Crestview on Saturday 21 June 1941, through the efforts of the Community Recreation Council, the Works Progress Administration, and the Okaloosa Progressive Smith-Johnson Company, Inc. Association. opened a garment factory in In late January 1943, a Crestview in 1937 that utilized “misunderstanding” by the 250 machines and employed constabulary of Crestview “around 300 persons.” put the community off limits
As nearby Eglin Field was expanded into a major testing base, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad laid a long sidetrack in Crestview in the spring of 1941 to handle the number of oil tankcars required to supply the Asphault Products Company with material for the vast paving job of the ten new
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jail by an MP detachment from Eglin field and stayed there until his attorney, John M. Coe, Pensacola, released him through circuit court action.” The servicemen involved had taken a convoy of newly trained Aviation Engineering Battalion personnel to load on a train at Crestview when the over-zealous marshall tried to arrest a black jeep driver for a U-turn, thus leading to the unpleasantness. After Eglin Commanding Officer Brigadier General Grandison Gardner explained the economics of wartime to the city fathers, they chose a more reasonable replacement for town marshall. On July 31, 1949, the L&N inaugurated the Gulf Wind streamliner through Crestview between New Orleans and Jacksonville, in conjunction with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, replacing the heavyweight New OrleansFlorida Limited. It operated until April 30, 1971, when Amtrak took over most U.S. rail passenger service and discontinued this route. In the 1960s, Crestview was the location for the studio of the Apache Records label. Topography Crestview is located at 30°45′15″N 86°34′22″W (30.754211, -86.572650).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.8 square miles (33 km2). 12.8 square miles (33 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.23%) is water. Climate Crestview’s climate is officially described as humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with hot, humid summers, and cool to cold winters. In summer, Crestview has some of the hottest temperatures in the state, with an average summer high of 92 °F (33 °C). Lows in summer average in the high 60s to low 70s, with each year seeing a handful of 100 °F+ days. The all-time record high is 105 °F (41 °C), recorded on July 14, 1980. Winters compare to those of interior Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Highs average in the lower to mid 60s (16°19°C), and lows average upper 30s (almost 4°C). The all-time record low is −1 °F (−18 °C), on February 13, 1899. The city lies within the USDA Hardiness Zone 8, the coldest temperature of the season is typically between 10 °F (−12 °C) and 20 °F (−7 °C); averages 39.8 nights where the temperature falls below freezing, with the average window for freezes being November 9 through March 28. Snowfall occurs
every three years on average, however, significant amounts only happen once every 10 years. On Christmas Eve of 1989, Crestview received over 3 inches (76 mm) of snow. Vegetation here consists of typical Floridian vegetation as well as several deciduous species from further north. Some palm trees are found here, although only cold-hardy varieties like the state tree, the Sabal Palmetto, as well as types of dogwood, maple, hickory, and sweet gum. Fall foliage can be seen in November and December, and Spring blossoms occur from early March through May. Summer typically lasts from late April to early October, and winter lasts from mid-December through mid-February. Demographics Historical population Census Pop. %± 1920 500 — 1930 930 86.0% 1940 2,252 142.2% 1950 5,008 122.4% 1960 7,467 49.1% 1970 7,952 6.5% 1980 7,617 −4.2% 1990 9,886 29.8% 2000 14,766 49.4% 2010 20,978 42.1% U.S. Decennial Census
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,766 people, 5,297 households, and 3,893 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,153.7 people per square mile (445.4/km2). There
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were 5,918 housing units at an average density of 462.4 per square mile (178.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 74.71% White, 18.41% African American, 0.60% Native American, 2.28% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 1.22% from other races, and 2.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.26% of the population. The population estimate for 2005 was 17,707 people.
$23,122, and the median income for a family was $31,824. Males had a median income of $27,829 versus $19,261 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,479. About 45.2% of families and 59.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 56.2% of those under age 18 and 30.4% of those age 65 or over.
There were 5,297 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.09.
Bob Sikes Airport is a publicuse airport located 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of the central business district. It was established in 1941 as the CAA Airport.
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The town was once known as “the icebox of Florida”, due to it having the coldest winters in the state. Crestview is now known as the “Hub City”, because of the convergence of Interstate 10, State Road 85, U.S. Highway 90, the CSX railroad, and the Yellow River and Shoal River in or near the city. Destin
Destin is a city located in Okaloosa County, Florida. It is a principal city of the Fort Walton Beach-CrestviewDestin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Major highways through Crestview are U.S Route 90 Located on Florida’s Emerald heading east-west and State Coast, Destin is known for its Road 85 heading north-south, white beaches and emerald intersecting each other north of green waters. Originating as a I-10, which also runs through small fishing village, it is now a popular tourist destination. Crestview. From early 1993 through According to the Florida August 2005 Crestview was Department of Environmental served by the tri-weekly Protection, over 80 percent Amtrak Sunset Limited, but of the Emerald Coast’s 4.5 service east of New Orleans million visitors each year visit to Jacksonville and Orlando Destin. The city styles itself was suspended due to damage “The World’s Luckiest Fishing to the rail line of CSX during Village”, and claims to have Hurricane Katrina in 2005. the largest fishing vessel fleet in the state of Florida. Attempts are being made to
In the city the population was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every have service restored. This 100 females age 18 and over, was previously the route of there were 91.5 males. the Gulf Wind operated by The median income for a the Louisville and Nashville household in the city was Railroad. World Views Guides
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The city is located on a peninsula separating the Gulf of Mexico from Choctawhatchee Bay. The peninsula was originally a barrier island.
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Hurricanes and sea level changes gradually connected it to the mainland. In the 1940s it technically became an island again with the completion of the Choctawhatchee-West Bay Canal. History
connected the island to the which appears only when mainland. the tide is out. It has become Destin is near several other a popular anchorage in the cities in the region. The city area. The entrance to Destin of Fort Walton Beach is Harbor, a lagoon between the located to the west at the inlet beaches and the main body of Santa Rosa Sound into of the western portion of the Choctawhatchee Bay. North peninsula, is located just north of Destin, across the bay is of the East Pass jetty. The Niceville, with the Mid-Bay lagoon is formed by a sand Bridge linking the two by spit named Holiday Isle; many road. Panama City (to the east) condominiums have been built and Pensacola (to the west) are along the harbor since the 1970s. each about 50 miles away.
Agriculture was eventually introduced, and there are still signs of this early inhabitation in the area. Members of the Fort Walton Culture built a ceremonial mound in Fort At the western tip of the Walton Beach. peninsula is East Pass (also Destin is named after Leonard known as Destin Pass), Destin, a New London, separating it from Santa Connecticut fishing captain Rosa Island to the west. East who settled in the area between Pass is the only outlet of 1845 and 1850. He built a New Choctawhatchee Bay into the England colonial home at the Gulf of Mexico, Many sources location of the Moreno Point claim that the pass was dug by military reservation. Captain hand with an inrush of water Destin and his descendants widening it within hours. The pass appears in early maps and fished the area for decades. surveys from Spanish, French, Condominiums were first built and English surveyors, such as in Destin during the 1970s, Thomas Jefferys’s 1775 map although Destin was not The Coast of West Florida and incorporated as a municipality Louisiana. Frequent dredging until 1984. The city has is required to keep East Pass experienced rapid growth navigable. since the 1980s. “Crab Island,” was actually two islands made from Geography sand that the Army Corp. of The city is located on a peninsula Engineers dredged up from the separating the Gulf of Mexico East Pass. These islands were from Choctawhatchee Bay. large enough to inhabit sea The peninsula was originally grass, small shrubs and nesting an island; hurricanes and seabirds. It has been reduced sea level changes gradually to a significant sandbar,
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21 km2), of which 7.5 square miles (19 km2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (7.95%) is water. Destin is located at 30°23′36″N 86°28′31″W.
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,455 people, 4,437 households, and 3,135 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,477.1 inhabitants per square mile (570.1/km²). There were 10,599 housing units at an average density of 1,408.0 per square mile (543.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.21% White, 0.37% African American, 0.40% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.66% of the population. 24.8% of households had
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children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.72.
Department of Environmental Protection estimates that more than 80 percent of the Emerald Coast’s 4.5 million yearly visitors travel to the region to visit Destin. Visitors can charter fishing vessels from the harbor, and there are 12 beach access points in the city. Among the access points is Henderson Beach State Recreation Area. A portion of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, the Okaloosa Day The median age was 42 years. Use Area, is just across East Pass on Santa Rosa Island. For every 100 females there were 101.8 males. For every The sand on Destin’s beaches 100 females age 18 and over, is some of the whitest in the there were 100.4 males. world. The sand comes from The median income for a the Appalachian Mountains, household in the city was and is made of finely ground $53,042, and the median quartz crystal giving the income for a family was appearance of sugar. Residue $60,498. Males had a median flows down the Apalachicola income of $42,218 versus River and is deposited into $26,146 for females. The per the Gulf of Mexico. Because capita income for the city of the currents the sand drifts was $32,048. About 3.0% west along the Gulf Coast and of families and 5.5% of the settles from east of Panama City to the Alabama coast. population were below the
poverty line, including 6.2% of Several events also take place those under age 18 and 2.0% throughout the year as well. of those age 65 or over. For the month of October, the As of 2004, the population annual Destin Fishing Rodeo recorded by the U.S. Census draws anglers to Destin each year since 1948. Also in the Bureau is 12,162. month of October is the Destin Seafood Festival, where fresh Arts and culture seafood and local artists The white beaches and emerald gather for one weekend every waters of the Destin area October. draw many tourists. Florida’s In addition to an assortment World Views Guides
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of hotels and motels, many high-rise condominiums are located in Destin. The first condominiums in Destin were built in the 1970s, and construction continues today. Visitors play a large part in Destin’s economy – the city’s population of around 12,000 balloons to 40,000 during the tourist season. Destin’s surroundings include other popular tourist destinations. Sandestin, Florida, located to the east in Walton County, is a popular golf and beach resort. Further east along the coast are the master-planned community of Seaside, filming location of the 1998 movie The Truman Show; Grayton Beach, Florida; and Rosemary Beach, Florida. To the west are Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach, and the Civil War fortification Fort Pickens is located at the western end of Santa Rosa Island. Many celebrities own homes in the Destin, Florida area. Notable people Keith Brooking - Dallas Cowboys linebacker • Jeff Cook - Singer, musician, founding member of the band Alabama • Sheryl Crow - Singer, songwriter • Jason Elam - Former NFL Kicker for the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons •
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Kevin Greene - Former NFL Linebacker • John Grisham - Author • Joe A. Rector - Artist • Dave Hope - Bassist of the band Kansas • Mike Huckabee - Former Arkansas Governor and Former Presidential Candidate • Jerry Jones - Owner of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team • Emeril Lagasse - Chef • Glen Metropolit - NHL Hockey player • Tyson Ritter - Bassist/Vocalist of the band The All-American Rejects • Wayne Rogers - Actor • Karl Rove - Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Political Analyst • Ernest Shahid - Commercial real estate developer • Nick Wheeler - Guitarist of the band The •
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All-American Rejects • Woody Widenhofer - Former college football head coach and longtime NFL assistant • Danny Wuerffel - Former Florida Gators and NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner
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Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles (5 kilometers) southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County. The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing). The 96 TW is the test and evaluation center for Air Force air-delivered weapons, navigation and guidance systems, Command and Control systems, and Air Force Special Operations Command systems. Eglin AFB was established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base. It is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick I. Eglin (1891–1937), who was killed in a crash of his Northrop A-17 pursuit aircraft on a flight from Langley to Maxwell Field, Alabama. Overview Eglin is an Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) base serving as the focal point for all Air Force armaments. Eglin is responsible for the development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sustainment of all air-delivered non-nuclear weapons. The base plans, directs and conducts test and evaluation of U.S. and allied air armament, navigation and guidance systems, and command and control systems. Severe weather testing of aircraft and other equipment is carried out here at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory. The residential portion of the base is a census-designated place; its World Views Guides
population was 8,082 at the 2000 census. Eglin Air Force Base has 2,359 military family housing units. Unmarried junior enlisted members generally live in one of Eglin’s seven dormitories located near the dining hall, chapel, base gym, Enlisted Club and bus lines on base. Each individual unit generally handles dormitory assignments. Bachelor Officer Quarters are not available. Several units and one dormitory are currently being renovated in 2011. The base covers 463,128 acres (1,874.2 km²).
The 33d FW “Nomads” is the largest tenant unit at Eglin. The 33 FW is a joint graduate flying and maintenance training wing for the F-35 Lightning II, organized under Air Education and Training Command’s 19th Air Force. First established as the 33d Pursuit Group, the wing’s contribution to tactical airpower during its 50-year history has been significant with participation in campaigns around the world, while flying various fighter aircraft. Reactivated at Eglin on 1 April 1965 with F-4C Phantom IIs, the wing operated, successively, F-4D and E models Scheduled airline service into the 1970s before transitioning Eglin is also one of the few military to the F-15 Eagle. As of 1 October air bases in the U.S. to have 2009, the 33d FW transitioned to a scheduled passenger airline service training wing for the new F-35 Joint as the Northwest Florida Regional Strike Fighter (JSF). The final F-15s Airport (VPS) is co-located on the assigned to the 33d departed the base base property. in September 2009. As the first of its kind in the Department of Defense, Units the joint wing is responsible for F-35 JSF pilot and maintainer training for the Air Force, Marine Corps and the Major units Navy. The first of 59 F-35s arrived • 96th Test Wing (96 TW) from Fort Worth, Texas on 14 July The 96 TW is the test and evaluation 2011. wing for Air Force air-delivered • 58th Fighter Squadron weapons, navigation and guidance systems, Command and Control The 58th FS “Mighty Gorillas” are (C2) systems, and Air Force Special authorized to operate 24 assigned Operations Command systems. The F-35A aircraft, planning and Eglin Gulf Test Range provides executing a training curriculum in approximately 130,000 square support of Air Force and international miles (340,000 km2) of over water partner pilot training requirements. airspace. The 96 TW supports other The F-35A is a conventionaltenant units on the installation with takeoff-and-landing low-observable traditional military services as well multi-role fighter aircraft, designed as all the services of a small city, to with 5th-generation sensors and include civil engineering, personnel, weapons, and is able to perform logistics, communications, air superiority, air interdiction and computer, medical, security. The close air support missions. The 96 TW reports to the Air Force Test F-35A made its first flight on Dec. 15, 2006. Center at Edwards AFB. •
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The VMFAT-501 “Warlords” are authorized to operate 20 assigned F-35B aircraft, planning and executing a training curriculum in support of Marine and international partner training requirements. The F-35B is a short-takeoff/verticallanding low-observable multirole fighter aircraft, designed to provide overwhelming front-line firepower in support of Marine ground forces. The F-35B uses a specially-designed shaft-driven lift fan system to achieve vertical lift and will be able to operate from ship-to-shore and austere battlefield locations. The F-35B made its first flight on June 11, 2008. •
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The VFA-101 “Grim Reapers” are authorized operate 15 assigned F-35C aircraft, planning and executing a training curriculum in support of Navy aviator training requirements. The F-35C is a carriercapable low-observable multirole fighter aircraft, designed to provide unmatched airborne power projection from the sea. The F-35C bears structural modifications from the other variants, necessitated by the increased resiliency required for carrier operations. •
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The 53 WG is headquartered at Eglin and serves as the Air Force’s focal point for operational test and evaluation of armament and avionics, aircrew training devices, chemical defense, aerial reconnaissance improvements, electronic warfare systems, and is responsible for the QF-4 Phantom II Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) program and subscale drone programs (located at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida). The wing tests every fighter,
bomber, unmanned aerial vehicle, and associated weapon system in the Air Force inventory. The wing reports to the USAF Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, a Direct Reporting Unit (DRU) to Headquarters, Air Combat Command (ACC). • 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron (a squadron attached to the 53d Wing but located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana) The squadron plans, executes and reports ACC’s weapon system evaluation programs for bombers (B-52, B-1 and B-2) and nuclearcapable fighters (F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16). These evaluations include operational effectiveness and suitability, command and control, performance of aircraft hardware and software systems, employment tactics, and accuracy and reliability of associated precision weapons. These weapons include air-launched cruise missiles, standoff missiles, and gravity bombs. Results and conclusions support acquisition decisions and development of war plans. The unit also performs operational testing on new systems and tactics development for the B-52. •
Armament Directorate
The Armament Directorate, located at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is responsible for cradleto-grave management of air and ground dominance weapon system programs equipping warfighters with strike weapons to fight and win decisively. Led by the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Weapons, the directorate concurrently reports to the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C. and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center,
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. • Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW) AFRL/RW develops, demonstrates, and transitions science and technology for air-launched munitions for defeating ground fixed, mobile/relocatable, air and space targets to assure pre-eminence of U.S. air and space forces. The directorate conducts basic research, exploratory development, and advanced development and demonstrations. It also participates in programs focused on technology transfer, dual-use technology and small business development. The directorate is dedicated to providing the Air Force with a strong revolutionary and evolutionary technology base upon which future air-delivered munitions can be developed to neutralize potential threats to the United States. •
7th Special Forces Group (7th SFG)
In 2011, the United States Army’s 7th Special Forces Group relocated to a newly constructed cantonment on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation from Fort Bragg, as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round realigning Fort Bragg. It is tasked with conducting special operations in Latin America. Other units •
919th Special Operations Wing (919 SOW)
The 919 SOW, located about five miles (8 kilometers) south of Crestview and 20 miles (32 km)
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from Eglin main at Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field No. 3 (Duke Field) and is the only special operations wing in the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). In wartime or a contingency, the 919 SOW reports to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field, Florida, its gaining major command.
(NAVSCOLEOD) is a Navymanaged command, jointly staffed by Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel. NAVSCOLEOD had its official ribbon cutting on the new consolidated training facility in April 1999. •
Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team (JFIIT)
JFIIT is tasked with improving 20th Space Control the integration, interoperability, Squadron (20 SCS) and effectiveness of joint fires. The mission of the 20 SCS is to USJFCOM established JFIIT in detect, track, identify, and report February 2005 to provide assistance near earth and deep space objects to joint force commanders and in earth’s orbit, and provide service headquarters in planning, space object identification data in coordinating, and executing joint support of United States Strategic fires at the tactical level. JFIIT’s Command’s space control mission. 120-member team is made up of A unit of the Air Force Space members from all four services Command (AFSPC), the men and and Department of Defense (DoD) civilians with contractor support. women of the 20th SCS operate and maintain the AN/FPS-85 radar, the • AFOTEC Det 2 Air Force’s only phased-array radar dedicated to tracking earth-orbiting The Air Force Operational Test objects. and Evaluation Center stood up •
Detachment 2 at Eglin to meet 6th Ranger Training the growing demand to provide Battalion (6th RTB) realistic operational testing for Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field No. 6 new and modified weapon systems. (Biancur Field) is the site of Camp Since then, Detachment 2 has James E. Rudder and the home of partnered with the warfighter and the U.S. Army’s 6th Ranger Training the developmental test community Battalion. The 6th RTB conducts the to provide the most thorough and final phase of the U.S. Army Ranger rigorous operational test programs Course. The entire course is 61 days found anywhere in the world. long and is divided into three phases. Each phase is conducted at different History geographical and environmental locations. Its mission at Eglin is to Main article: History of Eglin Air expose Ranger students to a fastForce Base paced field training exercise during an 18-day cycle at Eglin. Creation and World War II •
cleared for use as an airdrome. In 1931, personnel of the Air Corps Tactical School, newly relocated to Maxwell Field, Alabama, sought a location for a bombing and gunnery range. They saw the potential of the sparsely populated forested areas surrounding Valparaiso and the vast expanse of the adjacent Gulf of Mexico. With the outbreak of war in Europe, a proving ground for aircraft armament was established at Eglin. The U.S. Forest Service ceded over 340,000 acres of the Choctawhatchee National Forest to the War Department on 18 October 1940. At its peak during World War II, the base employed more than 1,000 officers, 10,000 enlisted personnel and 4,000 civilians. Postwar After the war, Eglin became a pioneer in developing the techniques for missile launching and handling; and the development of drone or pilotless aircraft beginning with the Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon, an American copy of the V-1. The 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group was activated at Eglin Field, Florida, on 6 February 1946, operating out of Auxiliary Field 3. By March 1950, the 550th Guided Missiles Wing, comprising the 1st and 2nd Guided Missile Squadrons, had replaced the 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group. The 2nd Guided Missile Squadron, SSM, had 62 pilots manning 14 B-17s, three B-29s, and four F-80 Shooting Stars, yellow-tailed drone aircraft used in the role of testing guided missiles.
Naval School of Explosive Eglin Air Force Base evolved from the 1933 creation of the Valparaiso In December 1955, the Air Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Airport, when an arrowhead-shaped Munitions Development Laboratory The Naval School of parcel of 137 acres (0.55 km2) was was reassigned from the Wright Air Explosive Ordnance Disposal •
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Development Center at WrightPatterson AFB, Ohio, to the Air Force Armament Center at Eglin by Headquarters Air Research and Development Command. The responsibility for development of guns, bombs, rockets, fuses, guided missile warheads and other related equipment in the armament field was transferred from the Dayton, Ohio facility at this time. Work on nuclear weapons was not included in this mission 1960s The USAF Special Air Warfare Center was activated 27 April 1962, with the 1st Combat Applications Group (CAG) organized as a combat systems development and test agency under the SAWC. The 1st CAG concentrated on testing and evaluation of primarily shortterm projects which might improve Air Force counter-insurgency (COIN) operations. The Special Air Warfare Center, located at Hurlburt Field, undertook to develop tactical air doctrine while training crews for special air warfare in places like Southeast Asia. By mid-1963, SAW groups were in Vietnam and Panama.
for research, development, test and evaluation, and initial acquisition of non-nuclear munitions for the Air Force. On 1 October 1979, the Center was given division status. The Armament Division, redesignated Munitions Systems Division on 15 March 1989, placed into production the precision-guided munitions for the laser, television, and infrared guided bombs; two anti-armor weapon systems; and an improved hard target weapon, the GBU-28, used in Operation Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War. The Division was also responsible for developing the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), an Air Force-led joint project with the U.S. Navy. Late Cold War era 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. Vietnamese Refugee Processing Centers operated by the Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees, where base The USAF Tactical Air Warfare personnel housed and processed Center was activated on 1 November more than 10,000 Southeast Asian 1963. It would be re-designated as refugees, the first 374 of which the USAF Air Warfare Center on 1 arrived on board a Northwest Orient October 1991. Boeing 747 on 4 May 1975. With the increasing U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia in the 1960s, the need for increased emphasis on conventional weapons development made Eglin’s mission even more important. On 1 August 1968, the Air Proving Ground Center was redesignated the Armament Development and Test Center to centralize responsibility
Aggressor Squadron in 1990. 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 and prestige to the project. He was named an honorary board member of the foundation in 1978 and held benefit concerts for nearly two decades. 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 Material 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. 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/MIA memorial on the western end of Eglin Boulevard. In 1978, the USAF Tactical The memorial was dedicated on 15 August 1995. Air Warfare Center assumed responsibility for the USAF Air As part of the military drawdown in Ground Operations School. In the the 1990s, the Air Force inactivated same year, the Electronic Warfare the 33d Fighter Wing’s 59th Fighter Evaluation Program became another Squadron on 15 April 1999. The wing one of the USAFTAWC’s weapons lost six aircraft and consolidated system evaluation programs, the remaining aircraft into the and resulted in the activation of 58th and 60th Fighter Squadrons. the 4487th Electronic Warfare Originally selected for inactivation World Views Guides | August 2014
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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. In July 2012 the Air Armament Center (AAC) was inactivated. The center had planned, directed and conducted test and evaluation of U.S. and allied air armament, navigation and guidance systems, and commanded and controlled systems. It operated two Air Force installations, providing host support not only to Eglin, but also Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. It had included the Armament Product Directorate (Eglin AFB, FL), the 46th Test Wing (Eglin AFB, FL), the 96th Air Base Wing (Eglin AFB, FL), and the 377th Air Base Wing (Kirtland AFB, NM). Base railroad Main article: Eglin Air Force Base Railroad Initial construction of a railroad line into the region had been discussed as early as 1927 as part of the Choctawhatchee and Northern Railroad, though military-use proposals didn’t come forward until 1941. German POWs were used in clearing and grading the alignment during World War II. There was one commercial customer served by the line, a lumber pulp yard at Niceville which is now community athletic fields. The line was later abandoned in the late 1970s and the southern end, west of State Road 285, lifted by the mid-1980s.
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Command, 20 December 1951 – 1 December 1957 • Established as Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base, 14 • Air Research and June 1935 Development Command, 1 (spelling changed on 1 February December 1957 1937 from “Valparaiso” to Re-designated: Air Force Systems “Valpariso” and on 1 March 1937 Command, 1 April 1961 – 1 July back to “Valparaiso”) 1992 Eglin Field, 4 August 1937 • Air Force Materiel Eglin Field Military Command, 1 July 1992–present Reservation, 1 October 1940 • Eglin Field, 28 December ** Discontinued 8 March 1946. Not related to later AAF Proving 1944 Ground Command • Eglin Air Force Base, 24 June 1948–present • •
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Air Corps Training Center, 9 June 1935 – 27 August 1940 • Southeast Air Corps Training Center, 27 August 1940 – 1 April 1942 •
Also assigned to Commanding General, Fourth Corps Area, United States Army, June 1941-1 April 1942 • Chief of the Army Air Corps (Direct subordination), 19 May 1941 – 1 April 1942 • AAF Proving Ground Command**, 1 April 1942 – 1 June 1945 • AAF Center, 1 June 1945 Re-designated: AAF Proving Ground Command, 8 March 1946 Re-designated: Air Proving Ground Command, 10 July 1946 – 20 January 1948 Air Materiel Command, 20 January 1948 – 1 June 1948 • Air Proving Ground, 1 June 1948 •
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790 On The Gulf, 2996 S c e nic Highway 98 , Destin , (850) 650-4853 Acme Oyster House, 140 Fishermans Cv , Destin , (850) 622-0200 Agave Azul Mexican Cuisine, 111 Cannery Ln , Destin , (850) 424-5177 Aj’s, 116 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-1913 AJ’S Seafood & Oyster House, 101 Mountain Dr # A , Destin , (850) 837-0404 Another Broken Egg Cafe, 9100 Baytowne Wharf Blvd # A4 , Destin , (850) 622-2050 Another Broken Egg Cafe, 9300 US Highway 98 W , Destin , (850) 267-7108 Another Broken Egg Cafe, 979 Highway 98 E # 4 , Destin , (850) 6500499 Applebee’s, 215 Rasberry Rd , Crestview , (850) 6890050 Applebee’s, 8670 U S Highway 98 W , Destin , (850) 267-3055 April’s Diner, 584 N Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 398-5224 Arby’s, 1238 N Ferdon Blvd # A , Crestview , (850) 398-8681
Arby’s, 3900 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 6898555 Azteca Mexican Restaurants, 789 N Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-8206 Back Porch, 1740 Scenic Highway 98 , Destin , (850) 837-2022 Back Yard Burgers, 4600 Opa Locka Ln , Destin , (850) 6501474 Bamboo Sushi Bar & Hibachi, 2511 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 689-1391 Baron’s Tea House, 314 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 398-8783 Baskin-Robbins, 4652 Gulfstarr Dr , Destin , (850) 302-0200 Beef ’O’Brady’s, 2509 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-9588 Bianco Cava Blue, 36178 E m erald Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 837-0235 Bistro Bijoux, 9100 B a y towne Wharf B l v d # A1 , Destin , (850) 4602231 Boathouse Oyster Bar, 265 Azalea Dr , Destin , (850) 460-2400 Boathouse Oyster Bar, 288 Harbor Blvd , Destin ,
(850) 837-3645 Body-B-Healthy, 2227 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-8893 Bonefish Grill, 4447 Commons Dr E # 105 , Destin , (850) 6503161 Boshamps Oyster House, 414 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 424-7406 Breakfast Table Cafe, 385 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 460-7322 Breeze Bar & Grill, 36178 E m erald Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 424-6971 Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, 4655 Gulfstarr Dr , Destin , (850) 269-2920 Bubba Gump Shrimp Co, 14059 Emerald C o a s t Pkwy , Destin , (850) 6501881 Buffalo Jack’s Legendary Wings, 11275 US Highway 98 W # 3 , Destin , (850) 424-6288 Burger King, 198 W James Lee Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-2299 Burger King, 3210 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 683-0550 Burger King, 751 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 8375060
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Buster’s Oyster Bar & Grill, 125 Poinciana Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-4399 Calhoun’s Pub, 757 Harbor Blvd # 15 , Destin , (850) 424-3621 Callahan’s Market & Deli, 791 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-6328 Callahan’s Restaurant & Deli, 950 Gulf Shore Dr , Destin , (850) 837-6328 Camille’s, 2931 Scenic Highway 98 , Destin , (850) 337-8860 Capt Dave’s On The Gulf, 3796 Old Hwy 98 E , Destin , (850) 635-0659 Capt Dave’s On The Gulf, 3796 Scenic Highway 98 , Destin , (850) 837-2627 Captain D’s Seafood, 2410 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-5101 Captain Dave’s Restaurant, 314 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-4761 Carrabba’s Italian Grill, 10562 US Highway 98 W , Destin , (850) 837-1140 Chans’ Market Cafe, 1002 Highway 98 E , Destin , (850) 654-1966 Cheeseburger In Paradise, 10562 US Highway 98 World Views Guides
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498 N Wilson St , Crestview , (850) 398-5712 Country Chicken & Fish, 450 N Main St , Crestview , (850) 423-1499 Crab Island Cantina, 2 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 424-7417 Crab Trap, 3500 Scenic Highway 98 , Destin , (850) 654-2722 Cracker Barrel Old Country Str, 201 Cracker Barrel Dr , Crestview , (850) 682-8804 Cracker Barrel Old Country Str, 34930 Emerald Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 269-3344 CRC Data Technologies, 4014 Commons Dr W # 122 , Destin , (850) 6547262 Crust Pizzeria, 104 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 4602990 Crystal Beach Coffee Co, 2931 Scenic Highway 98 , Destin , (850) 337-8850 D J’s Bar-B-Q & Deli, 124 Jacob Dr , Crestview , (850) 423-7770 Daltile, PO Box 5553 , Destin , (850) 837-5525 Desi’s Downtown, 224 N Main St , Crestview , (850) 682-5555
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Destin Ice Seafood Mkt & Deli, 663 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-8333 Dewey Destin Harbor Side, 202 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-7525 Dewey Destin Seafood Rstrnt, 9 Calhoun Ave , Destin , (850) 837-7575 Dippin’ Dots, 220 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 4245141 Domino’s Pizza, 1049 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-5495 Goldco Crestview, 198 W James Lee Blvd , Crestview , (850) 398-5724 Golden Buffet Chinese Rstrnt, 2680 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 683-8886 Golden Corral Buffet & Grill, 717 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 654-5030 Gourmet Entrees To Go, 14091 Emerald C o a s t Pkwy , Destin , (850) 8373568 Guglleimo, 36178 Emerald Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 654-9880 Hammerhead Bar & Grill, 137 Fishermans Cv , Destin , (850) 351-1997 Harbor Docks Seafood Market, 538 Harbor Blvd
, Destin , (850) 654-4264 Hard Rock Cafe, 4260 Legendary Dr , Destin , (850) 837-8539 Hardee’s, 3702 S F e rdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-0529 Harry T’s Boathouse Rhumbar, 320 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 654-4800 Harry T’s Lighthouse, 46 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 654-4800 Hartell’s Village Diner, 142 Fishermans Cv , Destin , (850) 654-9453 Hawaiian Smoothie Cafe & Bkry, 3802 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 3062304 Hey Baby Charter Boat, 538 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-7559 Hibachi & Joeseph Rice, 2505 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 689-0061 Hideaway Pizza, 326 N Main St , Crestview , (850) 682-3225 Hill Marie Restaurant, 1234 Airport Rd , Destin , (850) 424-3557 Hog’s Breath, 541 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 8375991
Hog’s Breath Intl, 535 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 837-4614 Hog’s Breath Intl, 536 Mountain Dr , Destin , (850) 837-5100 Homestar Financial Group Inc, 4010 Commons Dr W # 112 , Destin , (850) 6541866 Homestar Restaurant Group, 4010 Commons Dr W # 112 , Destin , (850) 6540585 Honey Pot, 4014 Commons Dr W , Destin , (850) 8378885 Honeybaked Ham, 34904 Emerald Coast P k w y # 116 , Destin , (850) 6502636 Hooters, 180 Cracker Barrel Dr , Crestview , (850) 423-1333 Hooters, 15015 Emerald Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 654-1007 Hooters, 4010 Commons Dr W # 112 , Destin , (850) 654-1866 Hot Dog Shoppe, 1308 N Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-3649 Huang Jian Xiu, 3375 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-2223 Hub City Smokehouse & Grill, , Crestview , (850) 306-3067
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Jim’n Nick’s Bar B Que, 14073 Hub City Smokehouse & Grill, Emerald Coast Pkwy , 741 Ashley Dr , Crest- Destin , (850) 424-5895 view , (850) 423-7770 Jimmy John’s, 983 Highway Hungry Howie’s Pizza, 2222 98 E , Destin , (850) 460S Ferdon Blvd , 7755 Crestview , (850) 689-0990 Jin-Jin Chinese Restaurant, 642 S Ferdon Blvd Hungry Howie’s Pizza, 326 , Crestview , (850) 689-1101 N Main St , Crestview , (850) 939-6400 Joe’s Crab Shack, 14055 E m erald Coast Pkwy , Destin Hungry Howie’s Pizza, 34904 , (850) 650-1882 Emerald Coast P k w y # 1 , Destin , (850) 460- Johnny O’Quigley’s Ale House, 2422 1025 Industrial Dr , CrestIl Gelato, 10562 U S view , (850) 306-1012 Highway 98 W # 118 , Destin , (850) 837-4775 Johnny Rockets, 4348 LegIndian Bayou Golf & Cntry endary Dr , Destin , Club, 1 Country Club (850) 837-0005 Dr E , Destin , (850) 837- 6191 Jordano’s Pizza & More, 10004 Iron Skillet Restaurant, 300 US Highway 98 W , Harbor Blvd , Destin , Destin , (850) 654-8080 (850) 424-5090 Kenny D’s New Orleans CuiJasmine Thai Restaurant, 4463 sine, 2964 Scenic Gulf Commons Dr W , Destin Dr , Destin , (850) 650-0755 , (850) 460-7780 KFC, 511 N Ferdon Jersey Mike’s Subs, 817 Har- Blvd , Crestview , (850) 683bor Blvd , Destin , (850) 5310 269-2925 Kkp Restaurant, 4285 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview Jester Mardi Gras Daiquiris, , (850) 398-5881 34 Harbor Blvd , Des- tin , (850) 650-3615 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, 795 Harbor Blvd , Destin , Jet’s Pizza, 4418 Commons (850) 650-3552 Dr E , Destin , (850) 650- 0121 LA Famiglia, 300 Harbor World Views Guides
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2261 Los Rancheros, 650 W Mc Guire’s Irish Pub Of DesJames Lee Blvd , Crestview , tin, 33 Harbor Blvd , Des(850) 398-5758 tin , (850) 650-0000 Louisiana Lagniappe, 775 Gulf Shore Dr , Destin , (850) 837- Mellow Mushroom, 960 0881 Highway 98 E Marble Slab Creamery, 34904 # 112 , Destin , (850) 650Emerald Coast P k w y 6420 # 128 , Destin , (850) 269- Merlin’s Pizza, 1251 A i r3210 port Rd , Destin , (850) 650Marina Cafe, 404 Harbor 3000 Blvd , Destin , (850) 837- Mia’s Italian Restaurant, 2203 7960 S Ferdon Blvd , Marlin Grill, 9100 Baytowne Crestview , (850) 682-8333 Wharf Blvd , Destin , (850) 351-1990 Miller’s Ale House, 34906 E m erald Coast Pkwy , Destin Mc Alister’s Deli, 10859 US , (850) 837-0619 Highway 98 W # 105 , Destin , (850) 650-6646 Mimmo’s Ristorante Italiano, Mc Alister’s Deli, 985 979 Highway 98 E , Highway 98 E Destin , (850) 460-7353 # A , Destin , (850) 650- 0923 Mitchell Fish Market, 500 Mc Donald’s, 1300 N F e r- Grand Blvd # 100k don Blvd , Crestview , (850) , Destin , (850) 650-2484 423-7755 Mc Donald’s, 302 W Moe’s Southwest Grill, 985 James Lee Blvd , Crestview , Highway 98 E (850) 682-5654 # D , Destin , (850) 650Mc Donald’s, 3201 S F e r- 6637 don Blvd , Crestview , (850) Mrs B’s Bar B Que & Bakery, 682-9111 1001 Industrial Dr , CrestMc Donald’s, 12830 US view , (850) 306-2223 Highway 98 W , Destin , (850) 269-2081 New Dragon Chinese ResMc Donald’s, 15017 E m - taurant, 34904 Emerald erald Coast Pkwy , Destin Coast Pkwy # 102 , Des, (850) 650-0880 tin , (850) 650-1288 Nosh Eatery & Cafe, 529a HarMc Donald’s, 895 Harbor bor Blvd , Destin , (850) Blvd , Destin , (850) 837- 837-3370
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erald Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 650-3636 Paradise Restaurant Group LLC, 10562 US Highway 98 W , Destin , (850) 8371049 Pelican Beach Resorts, 1002 Highway 98 E , Destin , (850) 654-1425 Penguin’s Ice Cream, 132 Fishermans Cv , Destin , (850) 351-1809 Penny’s Place, 584 N F e rdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 306-2590 Pepito’s Mexican Restaurant, 757 Harbor Blvd # 1 , Destin , (850) 650-7734 Pigsticker’s, 532 S F e rdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 398-8797 Pizza Group Of Emerald Coast, 4418 Commons Dr E , Destin , (850) 650-0073 Pizza Hut, 759 N F e rdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-9960 Pizza Hut, 1027 Highway 98 E , Destin , (850) 2692555 Poppy’s Crazy Lobster Bar, 138 Fishermans Cv , Destin , (850) 424-6744 Poppy’s Seafood Factory, 138 Fishermans Cv , Destin , (850) 351-1996 World Views Guides
Possum Ridge Bbq, 852 N 0900 Ferdon Blvd , Crestview Sai-Kyo, 14091 Emerald , (850) 398-6469 Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 650-5319 Prolectron, 9950 U S Sakura Oriental Cuisine, 763 Highway 98 W # Harbor Blvd # 1 , G12 , Destin , (850) 654- Destin , (850) 654-5818 6828 Quiznos, 1338 N F e r- Salad Creations, 4467 don Blvd , Crestview , (850) Commons Dr W 682-0531 # 150 , Destin , (850) 424Red Brick Pizza, 4144 Leg- 6125 endary Dr , Destin , Santafe Steakhouse, 795 N (850) 424-5990 Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-8206 Roberto’s Pizzeria, 134 Fishermans Cv , Destin , Sarah K’s Gourmet, 34940 (850) 351-1998 Emerald Coast P k w y # 183 , Destin , (850) 269Rotolo’s Pizzeria, 985 0044 Highway 98 E , Destin Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Sfd, , (850) 269-5200 4000 S Sandestin Blvd , Destin , (850) 622-1500 Royal Orchid Thai Restaurant, 11275 US Highway 98 Shake’s Frozen Custard, 1065 W # 12 , Destin , (850) Highway 98 E , Destin 650-2555 , (850) 269-1111 Rum Runners, 130 F i s h e r - mans Cv , Destin , (850) 351- Skippers Seafood, 130 1817 Scenic Gulf D r Ruth’s Chris Steak House, # 2 , Destin , (850) 65415000 Emerald C o a s t 2611 Pkwy , Destin , (850) 337- Smoothie King, 17 Poinciana 5109 Blvd , Destin , (850) 654Rutherford 465 Restaurant, 8090 465 Regatta Bay Blvd Song’s Cafe, 496 N F e r, Destin , (850) 337-8888 don Blvd , Crestview , (850) 683-1995 Ryan’s, 3000 S Ferdon Sonic Drive-In, 34960 E m Blvd , Crestview , (850) 423- erald Coast Pkwy , Destin 7160 , (850) 837-7054 Sago, 4201 I n d i a n Bayou Trl , Destin , (850) 351- Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q,
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2680 S Ferdon Blvd Coast Pkwy # 188 , Des, Crestview , (850) 683-0572 tin , (850) 654-8055 Sugarland Candy & Ice Cream, Sorabal, 172 E Woodruff 34 Harbor Blvd , DesAve , Crestview , (850) 398- tin , (850) 650-9007 8903 Southern Restaurant Group Surfside Subs, 4618 Opa LLC, , Destin , (850) 269- Locka Ln , Destin , (850) 6503933 7272 Sweet Treats, 346 W Starbucks, 2520 S F e r- James Blvd , Crestview , (850) don Blvd , Crestview , (850) 398-5266 682-0496 Taco Bell, 1224 N F e rStarbucks, 10410 U S don Blvd , Crestview , (850) Highway 98 W , Destin , 306-3197 (850) 650-2340 Taco Bell, 2549 S F e rStarbucks, 4140 Legendary don Blvd , Crestview , (850) Dr # B105 , Destin , 689-6611 (850) 650-0333 Taco Bell, 509 Harbor Starbucks, 9100 B a y - Blvd , Destin , (850) 837towne Wharf B l v d 4422 # B4 , Destin , (850) 351- Taco Town In Crestveiw, 1238 1812 N Ferdon Blvd # Starbucks, 9300 U S A , Crestview , (850) 423Highway 98 W , Destin , 0004 (850) 267-6235 TCBY, 130 Scenic Gulf Steak-Out Charbroiled Deliv- Dr # 1 , Destin , (850) ery, 54 Terra Cotta Wa y 654-4197 , Destin , (850) 654-0062 TGI Friday’s, 34881 Em erald Coast Pkwy , Destin Steves & Jo, 3045 S F e r- , (850) 654-5588 don Blvd , Crestview , (850) 689-2603 Thai Delights Restaurant, SUBWAY, 1090 N F e r- 205 Mountain Dr , Destin don Blvd , Crestview , (850) , (850) 650-3945 398-6163 SUBWAY, 3351 S F e r- Thai Elephant Restaurant, don Blvd , Crestview , (850) 12889 US Highway 98 683-1059 W # 105b , Destin , SUBWAY, 1253 Airport (850) 837-5344 Rd , Destin , (850) 654-1177 Thai Siam Cuisine, 396 Cedar Ave , Crestview , (850) SUBWAY, 34940 Emerald 423-4510
Tops Hamburgers, 4629 Opa Locka Ln , Destin , (850) 8371811 Tropical Palm Restaurant, 286 N Main St , Crestview , (850) 682-5532 Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 3802 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 398-6286 Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 4100 Legendary Dr # 250 , Destin , (850) 269-9850 Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 4307 Legendary Dr , Destin , (850) 269-0494 Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 66 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 424-3617 Tuscany Italian Bistro, 36178 Emerald Coast Pkwy , Destin , (850) 650-2451 U Twirl Frozen Yogurt, 34940 Emerald Coast P k w y # 181 , Destin , (850) 2690439 Uncle Bill’s Family Restaurant, 252 N Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 689-0099 Union Tequlia, 139 Cabana Way , Crestview , (850) 4231216 Village Bakery & Deli Cafe, 142 Fishermans Cv , Destin , (850) 351-1989
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Village Door, 136 F i s h ermans Cv # 136 , Destin , (850) 502-4590 Vinnie Mc Guire’s Pizza, 29 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 650-1234 Vintij Wine Boutique & Bistro, 10859 US Highway 98 W # 103 , Destin , (850) 650-9820 Waffle House, 298 W James Lee Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-2515 Waffle House, 3804 S Ferdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 682-7173 Waffle House, 1067 Highway 98 E , Destin , (850) 8375671 Waffle House, 154 Regions Way , Destin , (850) 6540066 Waffle House, 209 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 6501899 Wayne’s Catfish House, 346 W James Lee Blvd , Crestview , (850) 398-5266 Wendy’s, 3705 S F e rdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 689-1224 Wendy’s, 1071 Highway 98 E , Destin , (850) 8379199 Whataburger, 3850 S F e rdon Blvd , Crestview , (850) 689-2800 Whataburger, 101 Harbor Blvd , Destin , (850) 6507708 World Views Guides
Wild Olive, 797 N Pearl St , Crestview , (850) 682-4455 Wings Of Fire Inc, 397 E James Lee Blvd , Crestview , (850) 689-3473 Wingstop, 16055 Emerald Coast Pkwy # 111 , Destin , (850) 837-5333 Zoes Kitchen, 4357 Legendary Dr , Destin , (850) 650-6525
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