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    Eglin Air Force Base (IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about three...
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    States Air Force installation located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately west of the town of Mary Esther. It is part of the greater Eglin Air Force...
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    Florida (/ˈflɒrɪdə/ FLORR-ih-də) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the...
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    Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force...
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    Lake City is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 12,329, up from...
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  • Flight". Air International. Vol90, no. 6. p. 5. ISSN 0306-5634. Maldenov, Alexander (June 2016). "Ka-62". Air International. Vol90, no. 6. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0306-5634...
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    that occupied west Florida during much of the war moved here. In 1849, Apalachicola physician John Gorrie discovered the cold-air process of refrigeration...
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    Key West (redirect from Key West Florida)
    land area of 4.2 square miles (11 km2). Within Florida, it is 130 miles (210 km) southwest of Miami by air, about 165 miles (266 km) by road. Key West is...
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  • Eglin Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso, Florida, was established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery...
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    the supernatural legacy of the crash. Portals: Aviation Florida United States 1970s Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, a 1974 Eastern Airlines CFIT accident...
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    the major cities in Florida have never recorded measurable snowfall, though trace amounts have been recorded, or flurries in the air observed few times...
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    is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area...
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    city in and the county seat of Martin County, Florida, United States. Located in southeastern Florida, Stuart is the largest of five incorporated municipalities...
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    compressing and liquefying ammonia could chill air when the liquefied ammonia was allowed to evaporate. In 1842, Florida physician John Gorrie used compressor...
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    Proving Ground Division became the Air Force Missile Test Center and the Joint Long Range Proving Ground became the Florida Missile Test Range (FMTR). These...
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    the state tag office in Tallahassee, and code 90 on replacement plates. Between 1932 and 1977, Florida used letters on its license plates that corresponded...
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    region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical...
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    Jacksonville, in conjunction with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, replacing the heavyweight New Orleans-Florida Limited. It operated until April 30, 1971,...
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    1st Helicopter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    on alert for short notice mission assignments. In January 1983 Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street bridge during a blizzard. The squadron...
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    is a major metropolitan area surrounding Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg...
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    Flex-Deon Blake (category United States Air Force airmen)
    the US Air Force after high school, serving for 13 years until he was honorably discharged in 1992. He then pursued a degree in piano at Florida A&M University...
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    Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the U.S. Marine Corps Blount Island Command, and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's largest seaport by volume...
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    Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An...
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    Airboat (redirect from Air boats)
    happened in Florida between 2014 and 2017, resulting in seven deaths and 102 severe injuries. Most (five of seven) deaths were drownings, and 90 percent of...
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    Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a part of the South Florida metropolitan area. The city's name comes from the previous...
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    downtown Leesburg, Florida. Mid Florida Air Service Airport is on State Road 44 east of Eustis. Umatilla Municipal Airport Florida's Turnpike runs north...
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    Sun – Volume 3 of Florida chronicles. Pineapple Press. p. 90. ISBN 1561642061. Information Services Latin America (addendum), vol. 58, Information Services...
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  • Bolivian Air Force - One King Air 90, One King Air F90. Bolivian Army - One King Air 90. Botswana Botswana Defence Force Air Wing - 1 King Air 200 as multi-engine...
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    through the southwestern corner of the county known as the Florida-Georgia Parkway. US 90 was the main west-to-east route through Madison County until...
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    designed to take advantage of the breezes coming off of Florida Bay and efficiently move warm air out of the tent. It is currently furnished with bed frames...
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