Located on Florida's Gulf coast, Eglin is one of the largest air force bases in the world, covering 724 square miles of reservation and 97,963 square miles of water ranges in the Gulf of Mexico.

A SONIC BOOM IS CAUSED BY AN OBJECT MOVING FASTER THAN SOUND - ABOUT 750 MPH AT SEA LEVEL.

The strongest sonic boom ever recorded was 144 pounds per square foot produced by a F-4 flying just above the speed of sound at an altitude of 100 feet operated by Air Force Space Command.