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  • Tyndall Intramural basketball season starts

    The 2008 Tyndall Air Force Base intramural basketball season opened at the fitness center Dec. 10. Sixteen teams are slated to play this season, which runs through Feb. 28 when playoffs begin. Each team is scheduled to play 15 regular season games. The top four teams will then square off in a

  • Tyndall celebrates 21st annual Golden Age Christmas party

    Tyndall Air Force Base's Chiefs Group hosted local senior citizens from the Bay County Council on Aging and Sims Veterans Nursing Home Dec. 12 at the CAC annex for the 21st annual Golden Age Christmas party. Volunteers from units all over the base attended to show support. As three full buses

  • Tyndall's newest majors announced

    Congratulations to the following Tyndall Air Force Base captains selected to the rank of major:Capt. Darin Findling, 325th Maintenance Operations SquadronCapt. John Echols, 43rd Fighter SquadronCapt. James Wolfe, 325th Air Control SquadronCapt. John Krellner, 43rd FSCapt. Angelena Yulee-Smith,

  • 325th OSS flies under a new sail

    Tyndall Air Force Base achieved a major milestone in air dominance when a 140-foot crane hoisted the new Digital Airport Surveillance Radar Antenna to its home on top of a new 75-foot tower. The DASR antenna, referred to as a "sail" by radar technicians, will update air traffic control and radar

  • Tyndall celebrates annual tree lighting

    Col. Jon Bird, 325th Fighter Wing vice commander and his family, did the honors of lighting Tyndall's 2007 Christmas tree located near the front gate Thursday. A tradition that has been carried on for years, the lighting of the tree marks the beginning of the holiday season. Many families joined

  • The Firebee awaits its final mission

    The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron planned to launch the BQM-34P "Firebee" sub-scale aerial target drones final mission Dec. 5 at the 82nd ATRS Launch Facility. Due to a ground abort, the Firebees last flight was postponed to Dec. 12. The ground abort was caused by consecutive engine roll-backs; the

  • Tigers down Commandos

    The Tyndall Air Force Base Tigers men's varsity basketball team completed the first half of their conference schedule by defeating the visiting Hurlburt Field Commandos, the defending conference champs, 101-89 in Southeastern Military Athletic Conference action Saturday. The Tigers quickly opened up

  • GMH connects servicemembers, families

    The GMH military housing staff is providing a drop-off point for donated cell phones and accessories for the "Cell Phones for Soldiers drive" organization. According to the charity's Web site, "Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to turn old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid