Tyndall Tax Center opens Friday

The Tyndall Air Force Base tax center opens Friday at the Base Support Building, bldg. 662, at the west entrance next to the legal office. Hours are 8 a.m. - noon Monday-Friday and customers are seen on a walk-in basis. The center is open to all Department of Defense military members, their

The Zone to hold Super Bowl party

Tyndall Air Force Base's Super Bowl party is 4:30-11 p.m. Sunday at The Zone in the Community Activities Center Annex. The annual event is free and open to all Department of Defense identification card holders and their guests. It will feature the NFL's championship game between the undefeated New

Tigers caged at MLK Challenge

The Tyndall Tigers men's varsity basketball team lost their first game in nearly three months as they participated in the inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Men and Women's Basketball Challenge last weekend at Eglin Air Force Base. In Tyndall's first game they were matched up against Eglin Saturday.

First class

Opportunities to train on the Air Force's prized F-22 Raptor are highly competitive, and pilots picked to fly the world's premier fighter are chosen from the ranks after logging years on other airframes -- until now. Four first lieutenants currently at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., have been selected

Tyndall F-15 ground mishap

An F-15C Eagle, assigned to the 2d Fighter Squadron, experienced a ground mishap at approximately 8:10 a.m. Tuesday on the flightline here. The F-15C, which had just landed, taxied off the taxiway and hit a light post, causing the light post to fall on to the aircraft. There was one person on board.

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Tyndall officer aims to qualify for Summer Olympics

When 2nd Lt. Caitlin Harris signed up for her first pentathlon at age 12, little did she know it would pave the way to world-class Olympic competition. Lieutenant Harris, a contracting specialist with the 325th Contracting Squadron, is the only member of the three-person Air Force International

GMH to open new doors for military families

The Gary Michael Holloway Military Housing office anticipates construction completion on its first 28 homes at Redfish Point's extension, late February. Redfish Extension is projected to have 209 new homes; 116 houses comprised of three and four bedrooms will be reserved for junior enlisted and 93

Remembering one of our greatest

A commemoration service was held Friday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the main leaders in the civil-rights movement, at Chapel one. Servicemembers, as well as guests from the local community, were in attendance. The Family of God Baptist Church Choir and Band opened the celebration with

Tyndall AFB restores its ecosystem

As the largest installation in Air Education and Training Command facility, Tyndall Air Force Base encompasses 29,000 acres. Of this area, 18,000 acres are forest and coastline that have remained in their natural state, rich in wild life. According to Wesley Westphal, Natural Resources element