Tyndall Air Force Base

Tyndall Air Force Base
Characteristics
ICAO code	KPAM
IATA code	PAM
Coordinates	30 ° 4 '10 "  N , 85 ° 34' 32"  W Coordinates: 30 ° 4 '10 "  N , 85 ° 34' 32"  W.
Height above MSL	5 m (16  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	20 km southeast from southeast
Street	US 98 / FL 30
Runways
13R / 31L	2784 m × 46 m
13L / 31R	3049 m × 61 m concrete

The Tyndall Air Force Base (short Tyndall AFB ) is a base of the US Air Force . At the same time it is a census-designated place (CDP) with 2994 inhabitants (status: 2010). The CDP is located around 10 km south of Panama City and around 170 km southwest of Tallahassee in the US state of Florida .

The Air Force Base

The base is part of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) of the USAF that there crews of F-15 - and F-22 - fighters trained. In addition, the Air National Guard with the First Air Force and the regional control center of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) for the southwest of the USA are based here. In addition to manned aircraft, an MQ-9 squadron is also stationed here.

Tyndall AFB has two parallel Start - runways: 13L / 31R (3,050 m length), and 13R / 31L (2.460 m).

The area of ​​the Air Force Base is crossed by US Highway 98 ( SR 30 ).

history

The Luftwaffe began building the airfield in a swampy landscape in May 1941. It was named Tyndall Field after Lieutenant Frank B. Tyndall , a Florida First World War aviator who was killed in action in 1930. In February 1942, the training of gunmen began, and air force soldiers from other nations took part. After the formation of the United States Air Force in 1947, the name changed to Tyndall Air Force Base and it continued to serve for the training of fighter pilots. Since 1958, the base has been the site of William Tell , an annual flying competition between various combat aircraft units from the USA and Canada that has been held since 1954 . The organizational affiliation of Tyndall AFB changed several times, in July 1993 the AETC finally took over the base from the Air Combat Command .

Demographic data

Lockheed Martin F-22 in the car wash.

According to the 2010 census, the then 2994 inhabitants were distributed over 934 households. The population density was 79.4 inh / km². 73.7% of the population identified themselves as whites , 13.9% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 2.4% as Asian Americans . 2.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 6.6% to several ethnic groups. 13.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 72.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 1.2% of all households. 95.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.40 people and the average family size was 3.49 people.

40.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 40.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 8.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 0.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 22 years. 54.8% of the population were male and 45.2% were female.

The median annual income was $ 43,074, with 10.3% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 92.14% of the population, 5.02% spoke Spanish and 2.84% had another mother tongue.

Web links

Commons : Tyndall Air Force Base  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Web presence of Tyndall AFB (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USAF selects Tyndall AFB to home new Reaper wing, Janes, December 4, 2017
2. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 18, 2014.
3. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved February 18, 2014.