The Air Force Medical Examiner has identified the airman found dead inside a burned car on Eglin Air Force Base’s range property as 26-year-old Senior Airman Tamera Moniq Bolden-Cleckley of Boerne, Texas. Base personnel discovered her body inside the charred vehicle, and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations is now leading an active inquiry into her death alongside local sheriff’s deputies.
Bolden-Cleckley was assigned to the 96th Surgical Operations Squadron at Eglin, according to weartv.com. She entered the Air Force in 2021 and served as a diagnostic imaging specialist within the squadron. Eglin Air Force Base is located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, while Bolden-Cleckley was from Boerne, Texas — a community roughly 30 miles northwest of San Antonio, a city that houses Joint Base San Antonio, which includes Lackland, Randolph and Fort Sam Houston, as first reported by WOAI.
Where the Car Was Found
Her body was found in a burned car on September 23 at Range Road 234 and Lewis Turner Boulevard, per wjhg.com. The site sits within the Eglin Test and Training Range Complex, which is Department of the Air Force federal property, the station's report notes. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and patrols from the 96th Security Forces Squadron responded to the scene once the burned vehicle was discovered.
Investigation Remains Active, Few Details Released
AFOSI is still investigating the incident, and no further information will be released at this time, per the same account. No additional details about the circumstances of her death have been made public. The base's official site, eglin.af.mil, lists the 96th Surgical Operations Squadron among the units assigned to the installation.
The Air Force and local helping agencies are providing counseling services and support to those affected by Bolden-Cleckley's death, giving affected airmen and family members access to support resources as they process the loss of a colleague who had served since 2021.
