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96th Test Wing Newcomers Briefing

96th Test Wing

June 3, 2025 | 2:16

Brig. Gen. Mark A. Massaro is the Commander, 96th Test Wing, Air Force Materiel Command, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida welcomes new personnel to EGLIN AFB. Eglin AFB is home to more than 10,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel, in accomplishing the 96th TW’s missions of developmental testing and evaluation of conventional munitions, command and control systems, aircraft avionics and guidance systems, and radar cross section measurement. The 96th TW has eight groups and 32 squadrons, operates 38 uniquely modified test aircraft, and manages 120,000 square miles of over-water test ranges plus facilities in six states. He also directs all base operating support, infrastructure and services support for the Air Force’s largest installation at 726 square miles. The 96th TW hosts nine tenant wings and wing equivalent units — to include the 33rd Fighter Wing (F-35 Joint Strike Fighter), 53rd Wing (Operational Test), 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Center — and 37 other associate units including the U.S. Army 6th Ranger Training Battalion and the 20th Space Surveillance Squadron.