Duke Field
The installation is named for 1st Lt Robert L. Duke, who died in the crash of a Curtiss A-25A-20-CS Shrike, AAF Ser. No. 42-79823, near Spencer, Tennessee on 29 December 1943. He was assigned as Assistant A-3 to the Proving Ground of the Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command at
Eglin Field, Florida, now Eglin Air Force Base. The Duke Field installation is about 12 miles (19 km) north of the Eglin AFB East Gate on Florida State Road 85.
Duke Field has two asphalt paved runways: Runway 18/36, measuring 8,000 x 150 ft (2,438 x 46 m) and Assault Runway 180/360, measuring 3,500 x 60 ft (1,067 x 18 m). Although technically an auxiliary field to Eglin AFB, Duke Field is essentially a self-contained installation. The airfield has its own air traffic control tower, aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) facilities, instrument landing system (ILS), TACAN and support infrastructure such as a large flight line/ramp area, hangars, maintenance facilities and other operational and administrative support buildings.
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