🇺🇸 Tyndall Air Force Base

Tyndall Air Force Base (IATA: PAM, ICAO: KPAM, FAA LID: PAM) is a United States Air Force Base located 12 miles southeast of Panama City, Florida,.

Type of facility and operations: It is a US Air Force Base operated by the US Air Force and controlled by Air Combat Command (ACC). Its mission is to "Project unrivaled combat airpower for America!".

Notable features or history:

• Founding: The site was chosen in December 1940 for Flexible Gunnery School No. 9. Groundbreaking occurred on May 6, 1941, with construction clearing pine and palmetto trees, scrub brush, and swamps,,.
• Naming: On June 13, 1941, the War Department officially named the new installation Tyndall Field in memory of Lieutenant Francis B. Tyndall, a World War I fighter pilot credited with four victories. He died in a plane crash on July 15, 1930, while inspecting Army fields,.
• Early Operations: The first troops arrived on December 7, 1941, and the first class of 40 gunnery students began on February 23, 1942. Actor Clark Gable was a student there in 1943. Foreign student training, including French and Chinese students, began in 1943.
• Evolution: After World War II, Tyndall underwent demobilization, then fell under Tactical Air Command in 1946, Air University, and later became an Air Training Command base in September 1950. It became part of the Air Defense Command in July 1957. Tyndall began hosting the William Tell air-to-air weapons meet in 1958.
• Modernization: The base has seen modernization and reorganization, including the arrival of F-35A Lightning II aircraft.

Current status: Tyndall Air Force Base is operational, with a "NORMAL" base operating status,. The current commander is Colonel Chris Bergtholdt, and the garrison includes the 325th Fighter Wing (Host) and 44th Fighter Group.

*Sources researched: tyndall.af.mil, en.wikipedia.org, aopa.org*