Tyndall Air Force Base News

NORTH ISLAND, Calif., Oct. 26, 2009 - The commissioning of the USS Makin Island marks a new and significant chapter in the U.S. Navy, noted the commander of the Pacific Fleet.

Panama City had withheld $128,000 from the county for wholesale water services, saying the county's rate increases were improper under their existing contract.

Bay County might soon be engaged in legal battles with Tyndall Air Force Base and Panama City over unpaid water bills.

The West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is assisting in a search for a missing aircraft that took off from Texas.

Tyndall Air Force Base learned earlier this year it would receive more than $23 million in federal funds from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , with the money to be used on a variety of maintenance and repair projects.

Two of six proposed routes for the Gulf Coast Parkway project will cut through Port Panama City's intermodal distribution center currently under construction.

Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski is retiring from the Air Force after a 35-year career in which she rose to become the service's highest-ranking woman.

Eglin Air Force Base established its first test range in the Gulf of Mexico in 1958.

The search continued Monday, Nov. 16 to locate Farmington pilot Andrew Lindberg and his plane that went missing Friday evening after leaving Airlake Airport in Lakeville bound for Hallock, Minn.

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It was a long trip home, and it became a long, painful night Sunday for Steven and Kathy Vinsh as they made the slow, late-night drive into their neighborhood.

Comments 0 Recommend 0 Decommissioned jet to be used in crash training November 13, 2009 06:40:00 PM TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE - It's not unusual to see an F-15 soaring through the skies above Tyndall Air Force Base on a training exercise.

By Tove Tupper A November 13, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. -- An Oregon Guardsman was named commander of the First Air Force this week, the agency responsible for protecting the country's air space.

Maj. Gen Garry Dean served at Tyndall Air Force Base from July 2006 to January 2008.

11, 2009, at an air base in Southwest Asia. 11/12/2009 - Col. John Wood, the 437th Airlift Wing commander at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., travels in a Humvee behind the Air Force Honor Guard during the Veterans Day Parade Nov.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 photo, Lt. Col. Daniel Kulund demonstrates exercises with a tube filled with 10 lbs.

Energy Solutions ... Fueling the Mission October is Energy Awareness Month throughout the government.

Halloween Safety The Maxwell-Gunter community will celebrate Halloween Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. Adviser for Iraq optimistic on transition A State Department special adviser for Iraq said there are a lot of signs of progress in Iraq that indicate the U.S. military withdrawal by the end of 2011 will go smoothly.

Two senior NORAD officials, Colonel Robert Marr and Major General Larry Arnold, have to address the possibility of issuing shootdown authorization to fighter jets under their command, after a report is received about an aircraft over the White House.

Third time could be the charm for former Air Force Capt. John C. Perrys. Perrys was scheduled for trial to begin Feb.