are likewise protected from commercial development. In addition, seven state aquatic preserves, covering thousands of acres of submerged lands in coastal areas, are located in the Panhandle. A number of other state parks, preserves, and forests are located inland. The 1970s also saw the beginnings of a number of upscale beach resorts, condominium towers, vacation homes, and planned communities, such as Seaside and Sandestin, so that most of the privately owned areas of the coastline are now heavily developed. Military bases Major military bases include the Pensacola Naval Air Station (the home of Naval Aviation in the United States), Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field near Ft. Walton Beach, Naval Support Activity Panama City in Panama City Beach, and Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City. Smaller military bases in the Florida panhandle include the Center for Information Warfare Training in Pensacola, Naval Air Station Whiting Field near Milton and Duke Field near Crestview. The 1983-84 television show Emerald Point N.A.S. was set in a naval air station somewhere in the American South, similar to Pensacola NAS. The 1997-2000 action/adventure series Pensacola: Wings of Gold was explicitly set there. See also Battle of Santa Rosa Island Bellamy Road Emerald Coast Florida Caverns State Park Florida in the American Civil War Floridan aquifer Forgotten Coast Fort Barrancas Fort McRee Fort Pickens Gulf Wind National Naval Aviation Museum Sunset Limited West Florida Notes References External links Outdoor Gulf Coast – Online recreation for Northwest Florida Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau – Official online travel planning resource for Panama City Beach Historic Pensacola Village and T. T. Wentworth, Jr., State Museum Bibliography DeBolt, Dean. "The Florida Panhandle," pp. 404–445 in The Book Lover's Guide to Florida, ed. Kevin M. McCarthy. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, 1992. (Contains an extensive bibliography of fiction and nonfiction works about people and places in the Panhandle.) Hollis, Tim. Florida’s Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast. University Press of Mississippi, 2004. Jahoda, Gloria. The Other Florida. Scribner, 1967. King, Heidi Tyline. The Pelican Guide to the Florida Panhandle. Pelican Publishing, 1999. O'Donovan, Michael, and Robin Rowan. Florida's Northwest: First Places, Wild Places, Favorite Places. Terra Nova Publishing, 2005. Ziewitz, Kathryn, and June Wiaz. Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle. University Press of Florida, 2006. Regions of Florida North Florida