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NAS PENSACOLA NAS JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville Range Complex NAS WHITING NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY 150,000 square miles of air, surface, Provides aviation flight and FIELD A master air and industrial base supporting anti- PANAMA and subsurface operational area, maintenance training for Navy, Multi-service primary fixed wing training NS MAYPORT submarine warfare and aviation training. Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard. and advanced helicopter pilot training. RDT&E for amphibious warfare, diving, maritime special operations, strategically located in Florida’s mine warfare, and other Naval missions in coastal areas. KEY ORGANIZATIONS: near coastal waters, supporting KEY ORGANIZATIONS: Fleet basing and support. KEY ORGANIZATIONS: NAVY REGION SE HEADQUARTERS all services and integrating six NAVAL EDUCATION AND KEY ORGANIZATIONS: FLEET READINESS CENTER SE instrumented ranges. Warm waters, TRAINING COMMAND NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER PANAMA CITY DIVISION CORRY US FOURTH FLEET temperate climate, lower sea states, STATION NAVAL DIVING AND SALVAGE TRAINING CENTER NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND SE NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL HELICOPTER STRIKE WING, and shore proximity make JRC the Cyber warfare and PATROL AND RECONNAISSANCE WING ELEVEN TRAINING CENTER CENTER FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL AND DIVING ATLANTIC ideal training venue. intelligence training. JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Florida Base. Naval education. TALLAHASSEE USMC SUPPORT FACILITY BLOUNT ISLAND JOINT TRAINING CENTER JACKSONVILLE Maritime Prepositioning Force, Seaborne Logistics. Florida National Guard training base.

HURLBURT EGLIN AFB FIELD PINECASTLE BOMBING RANGE Supports global special Supports development, acquisition, operations missions. testing, procurement, and Navy Primary Live-Fire Bombing Range. deployment of all air-delivered TYNDALL AFB KEY ORGANIZATIONS: weapons. Advanced training for pilots, air traffic PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE AIR FORCE SPECIAL KEY ORGANIZATIONS: and weapon controllers. OPERATIONS COMMAND SPACE Supports launch, range, and expeditionary MACDILL AFB KEY ORGANIZATIONS: FORCE STATION operations for the military, NASA, and civilians. 1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS Supports airlift AIR FORCE RESEARCH AIR FORCES NORTH / 1ST AIR FORCE Supports access to space / space launch activities. WING and aerial refueling missions, KEY ORGANIZATIONS: LABORATORY MUNITIONS Command center for air operations in and hosts two Unified ORLANDO KEY ORGANIZATION: 45TH SPACE WING DIRECTORATE North America commands. RDT&E for air-launched munitions NAVY ORDNANCE TEST UNIT AIR FORCE TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER 601ST AIR OPERATIONS CENTER F-35 JOINT INTERNATIONAL US CENTRAL 920TH RESCUE WING 53RD WEAPONS EVALUATION GROUP TRAINING COMMAND TAMPA supports air-to-air and air-to-ground 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP weapons system evaluation programs command for NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY ORLANDO - MULTI-SERVICE NAVAL SCHOOL EXPLOSIVE Middle East. ST. PETERSBURG / F-22 MODELING, SIMULATION AND TRAINING ACQUISITION ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TRAINING AND OPERATIONS KEY ORGANIZATIONS: US SPECIAL NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER TRAINING SYSTEM DIVISION OPERATIONS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR SIMULATION, TRAINING AND INSTRUMENTATION, ARMY COMMAND PROGRAM MANAGER FOR TRAINING SYSTEMS, MARINE CORPS Worldwide command for Joint Gulf Range Complex counter-terrorism special AIR FORCE AGENCY FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION A critical strategic advantage in Florida is the Joint operations. Gulf Range Complex. This encompasses 180,000 square miles of DoD controlled airspace over AVON PARK MAP KEY the Gulf of Mexico. Florida’s training area also AIR FORCE RANGE contains multiple live-fire bombing ranges, MIAMI U.S. COAST GUARD 7TH DISTRICT Private Sector Defense & Homeland NAS KEY WEST including Pinecastle Range, Avon Park HEADQUARTERS MIAMI Air-to-ground and ground training range. Security Establishments Air Force Range, and the Eglin Bombing The Navy’s premier pilot training facility for transient Unified Combatant Commands Range. This integral part of DoD’s tactical aviation squadrons. Training Resources Strategy allows KEY ORGANIZATIONS: State Capital for joint maritime, air, and land HOMESTEAD AIR US SOUTHERN COMMAND NAVAL AVIATION PILOT TRAINING FACILITY Florida’s Largest (by population) training exercises. RESERVE BASE JOINT INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE SOUTH United States command for Central and Note: Bases have multiple missions and Provides combat air power, combat South America and the Caribbean. key organizations—not all are listed on support forces, and humanitarian support. this map.