I helped install the mounting brackets for the Gatling gun on one of the old C-47s (gooney birds) that was the first puffs. This was also at Eglin AFB in Florida.
Back in the 60s the Air Force Special Forces were at Field 9 on Eglin. they changed it to Hurlburt Field still quite a while back. Now Hurlburt is a separate Air Force Base tho it is located on Eglin.
I had a distant relative who was a Green Beret, killed in Afghanistan. He was from DeFuniak and tho he was Army They flew his body to Hurlburt where they had a long line of Air Force special ops soldiers formed an honor guard. They flew his body to his home town by helicopter although it was only about 25 miles away.