Tyndall Air Force Base

Tyndall Air Force Base
Part of Air Combat Command (ACC)
Bay County, near Panama City, Florida
The first operational F-22A Raptor #01-4018 cruises over Florida on its delivery flight to Tyndall, home of the world's first Raptor squadron.
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941—present
Garrison information
Garrison	325th Fighter Wing
Occupants	325th Fighter Wing First Air Force 53d Weapons Evaluation Group Continental NORAD Region Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency

Airfield information
IATA: PAM ICAO: KPAM FAA LID: PAM
Summary
Elevation AMSL	17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	30°04′43″N 085°34′35″W / 30.07861°N 85.57639°W / 30.07861; -85.57639Coordinates: 30°04′43″N 085°34′35″W / 30.07861°N 85.57639°W / 30.07861; -85.57639
Website	www.tyndall.af.mil
Map
KPAM Location of Tyndall Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13R/31L 10,004 3,049 concrete 13L/31R 9,135 2,784 concrete

Tyndall Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located 12 miles (19 km) east of Panama City, Florida. The base was named in honor of World War I pilot 1st Lt Frank Benjamin Tyndall. The base operating unit and host wing is the 325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) of the Air Combat Command (ACC). The base is delineated as a census-designated place and had a resident population of 2,994 at the 2010 census.

The 325th Fighter Wing’s primary mission is to provide a combat ready air dominance force, train F-22A Raptor pilots and maintenance personnel, and train air battle managers to support the combat Air Force. Tyndall's combat mission is performed by the 95th Fighter Squadron. Training for F-22 pilots is performed in the 43d Fighter Squadron and the 2d Fighter Training Squadron. The 325th Air Control Squadron trains air battle managers for assignment to combat Air Force units. Additionally, wing personnel manage the southeastern air combat maneuvering instrumentation range and provide mission-ready F-15, F-16 and F-22 air dominance forces in support of the Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Commander, First Air Force (1 AF) / Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH) contingency plans.

From 1983 until 2010, training for F-15 Eagle pilots was performed at Tyndall AFB by the 1st, 2d, and 95th Fighter Squadrons in the F-15A, F-15B, F-15C and F-15D aircraft. The 1 FS inactivated in 2006, while the 2 FS and 95 FS inactivated in May and September 2010, respectively. During this time, Tyndall also hosted training for F-15C/D maintenance personnel and intelligence officers assigned to F-15C/D units. The 95 FS was reactivated in September 2013 as part of the F-22 Raptor consolidation plan that moved the 7th Fighter Squadron's aircraft to Tyndall. The 2nd Fighter Training Squadron was activated in 2014 to perform T-38 adversary operations in support of the F-22 training mission.