Educating the educators

Tyndall honors lost heroes with 24-hour run

Airmen at Tyndall Air Force base continued a tradition to recognize prisoners of war and those missing in action with a 24-hour vigil run and retreat ceremony at Flag Park here Friday. The run, a tradition started 18 years ago by the 81st Range Control Squadron here, consists of volunteers running

A battle of two unbeaten teams

Three teams in Tyndall's 2007 intramural football season remained unbeaten going into Wednesday night. By nights end only two teams remained that way, because the 325th Services Squadron, with a 4-0 win-loss record, squared away with the 325th Security Forces Squadron, who had a 3-0 record. Who

Cops remember lost ones

The Tyndall fitness center staff gathered Airmen together to participate in a Team Tyndall memorial formation run for Sept. 11. The run, which started at 7:46 a.m. to coordinate with the minute the first plane hit the World Trade Center, was led by Brig. Gen. Tod Wolters, 325th Fighter Wing

Airmen Against Drunk Driving 'Saves' lives

The word "saves" can represent a variety of things; to the Airmen Against Drunk Driving program, it signifies a career and life. According to Senior Airman Christopher Griggs, AADD program director and 325th Air Control Squadron weapons technician, the number of AADD saves for 2007 so far is

Intramural football season kicks off

Tyndall's 2007 intramural softball season made its conclusion early August, making way for intramural football. The Tyndall intramural football season kicked off Aug. 27 with 17 teams, and will continue into late November. Three weeks have been played so far in this long season. "We (Security Forces

Letter to Airmen: Combined Federal Campaign Message

To our great Airmen,  Last year you helped make 2006 a record breaking year for AETC's Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Your contributions made a difference in the lives of many of your friends and neighbors and our communities are better for it. CFC provides all of AETC's Airmen - Active duty,

New fiscal year brings retraining programs

Air Force officials have announced the start of the fiscal 2008 Non-Commissioned Officer Retraining Program that is targeting approximately 900 Airmen for retraining from Air Force Specialty Codes with overages to AFSCs with NCO shortages. The targeted Airmen are staff sergeants, technical sergeants

Engineers introduceTyndall to GeoBase maps

The Civil Engineering squadron here has unveiled a technology that will assist people on base in a wide range of areas from tasks as simple as providing a map for a lost friend, to opening a civil engineer work order for building managers. According to the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency

Dental clinic receives new glasses

First a movie comes out at the movie theatres. Second, it then comes out on DVD. Last it comes to you local dental clinic? The 325th Aeromedical-Dental Squadron received "DVD glasses" three weeks ago that patients can wear. The DVD glasses are a pair of glasses that have monitors inset into the