The Eastern Gulf Test and Training Range (aka Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range, EGTTR) is the largest military range in the continental United States providing the required capabilities, capacity and safety footprint for real-life and simulated war-fighting scenarios. It is a national asset leveraged by joint forces in preparation of our national defense and security.
The EGTTR connects test & training capabilities across the eastern Gulf of America extending from Key West to Northwest Florida with 180,000 square miles of DoD-controlled air space and 17 miles of shoreline access. The range supports missions varying from testing missiles and aircraft to conducting surface and subsurface training exercises. It provides for water-to-land transitions, high-altitude supersonic air combat training, air-to-air missile testing, air-to-ground targeting, drone testing and targeting, hypersonic weapons testing, space launches and recoveries, and other activities.
An integral part of DoD’s Training Resources Strategy, the EGTTR is vital for testing the next generation of air armaments, and for training in realistic combat-surrogate conditions.
"Unparalleled training of our joint forces and testing of state-of-the-art equipment."
Live, virtual, and constructive environment to support training, testing exercising and experimentation for our national defense.
The EGTTR, the largest test and training range in the continental United States, is identified by Department of Defense Directive as a national asset that cannot be replicated anywhere in the United States. Federal policies have protected the Eastern Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America by restricting oil and natural gas drilling and exploration since 1983 with a buffer zone; now defined by the Military Mission Line established in 2006. This mandated north-south Military Mission Line protects the EGTTR from encroachment of energy related activities incompatible with military missions.
Oil drilling structures and associated exploratory activities, and wind turbine infrastructure east of the MML would be incompatible with military activities, negatively impact our military’s readiness and compromise our nation’s military superiority.
