100 Museum Drive, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida 32542.

It is located on Highway 85 South, 7 miles north of Fort Walton Beach, near the West Gate of Eglin AFB. It is situated in a triangle of land bordered by Eglin Parkway, Lewis Turner Boulevard and Highway 85 (see map below).

Travel time from U.S. 98 traveling north on Highway 85 from Fort Walton Beach is about 10 minutes, and from Interstate 10 at Crestview, about 20 minutes.

The facility is easily accessible from various parts of the Florida Panhandle, and is located near Fort Walton Beach and Destin. You do not need a pass to enter, as it is located outside the gates of the air base.

It is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time, and closed on Sundays and on federal holidays.

Admission is free. Tours are self-guided. Photography is permitted and encouraged.

Bombs Missiles and Rockets 

A wide variety of bombs, missiles, and rockets are exhibited, including the newest air-to-air missile, the AMRAAM, and the GBU-28 bunker-buster developed for use during Operation Desert Storm. Other missiles include the Paveway series, Falcons, the Tomahawk, Mace, Hound Dog, radar-controlled, laser-controlled and several guided by a TV camera in the nose. Also on display is the GBU-43 MOAB, Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or by its nickname, “Mother of All Bombs”, the world’s largest conventional explosive weapon. A predecessor, the T-12 Cloudmaker 38,600 lb (17,500 kg) earthquake bomb, is displayed outside, while a Fat Man casing is indoors.[20] In addition, a BLU-82B was acquired in 2019.

Aircraft on display

Bell UH-1M Iroquois 66-15186[26]
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83863[27]
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress 58-0185, “El Lobo II”[28][29][30]
Boeing RB-47H Stratojet 53-4296[31]
Cavalier F-51D Mustang 68-15796[32]
Cessna O-2A Skymaster 68-6864[33]
Douglas TC-47B Skytrain 44-76486[34]
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 75-0288[35]
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 80-0573[36]
General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark 68-0058[37]
Lockheed AC-130A Spectre 53-3129[38]
Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star 49-0432[39]
Lockheed F-104D Starfighter 57-1331[40]
Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila – mock-up[citation needed]
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird 61-7959[41]
Lockheed T-33A 53-5947[42]
Martin EB-57B Canberra 52-1516[43]
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II 64-0817[44]
McDonnell JF-101B Voodoo 56-0250[45]
McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II 67-0452[46]
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle 74-0124[47]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 14[48]
North American F-86F Sabre 52-5513[49]
North American F-100C Super Sabre 54-1986[50]
North American TB-25J Mitchell 44-30854[51]
Northrop F-89D Scorpion 53-2610[52]
Republic F-84F Thunderjet 51-9495[53]
Republic F-105D Thunderchief 58-1155[54]
Republic P-47N Thunderbolt 44-89320[55]
Ryan BQM-34A Firebee[citation needed]
Ryan BQM-34F Firebee 70-1410[citation needed]
Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low IV 73-1652[56][57][58]

A gun vault displays a variety of weapons ranging from a 1903 Springfield rifle to the GAU-8, which is capable of shooting 6,000 rounds per minute. Featured are the Sikes Antique Pistol Collection, with over 180 handguns, including flintlocks, duelling pistols, Western six-shooters, Civil War pistols, and a wide variety of early military weaponry.[