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  • WSEP-EAST 24.05 brings squadrons from across the AF to TAFB

    Units from across the Air Force, as well as the Marine Corps will be evaluated on their capabilities to load, unload, maintain and fire live weapons during the Weapons System Evaluation Program-East 24.05, Feb. 12 – 23, 2024.

  • WSEP EAST-23.04 at Tyndall

    U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, participated in Weapons System Evaluation Program East-23.04. WSEPs are formal, two-week evaluation exercises designed to test a squadron’s capabilities to conduct live-fire weapons systems during air-to-air combat

  • Team Tyndall ramps up for aircraft exercises

    Checkered Flag is a large-force aerial exercise held at Tyndall which fosters readiness and interoperability through the incorporation of 4th- and 5th-generation aircraft during air-to-air combat training. The 22-2 iteration of the exercise was held May 9-20, 2022.The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group’s

  • Munitions Squadron readies live missiles for WSEP 22.08

    A U.S. Air Force AIM-9X Sidewinder missile rests on a trailer at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 5, 2022. The 325th Munitions Squadron prepared the missiles for the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group’s Weapons System Evaluation Program-East 22.08. WSEPs are formal, two-week evaluation exercises

  • 82ND ATRS modernizes missile retriever boats

    Tyndall Air Force Base is proving their commitment to spearhead innovation by recently making progress on a $5.1 million project used to revamp three missile retriever boats assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron. The 82nd ATRS, a tenant unit at Tyndall belonging to the 53rd Wing, operates the

  • Tyndall hosts WSEP

    A Republic of Singapore Air Force airman assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, inspects a weapons station on an F-15SG at Tyndall AFB, Florida, Dec. 8th, 2021. The RSAF participated in the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group’s Weapons System Evaluation Program 22.03,

  • Tyndall’s Checkered Flag; promoting air dominance

    The skies over Bay and Gulf Counties are busy as personnel and aircraft from across the country have come to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, for Checkered Flag 22-1 which runs Nov. 8 through Nov. 19, 2021. Checkered Flag is one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises,

  • WSEP East 21.12 comes to Tyndall

    From left, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madison Andrews, Staff Sgt. Theodore Reyes and Airman 1st Class Justin Clifton, 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loaders, assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, load a live AIM-9M missile onto an F-22 Raptor during a Weapons System Evaluation