Eglin Air Force Base will have a number of boats and aircraft out and about in the local area through February.
Starting on Feb. 5, the 96th Operations Group’s 53rd Wing’s Weapon System Evaluation Program will be using about 30 boats as “visual targets” for F-15s and F-16s, according to a news release from public affairs.
The boats will be in Choctawhatchee Bay between the Mid-Bay Bridge in Okaloosa County and the State Road 331 bridge in Walton County, the release stated.
Similar operations will be conducted again the week of Feb. 11-15. During that week, they will also be working in the Gulf of Mexico just south of Destin.
Testing will occur between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day.