Tyndall Air Force Base
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The Tyndall Air Force Base ( AFB Tyndall short ) is a base for the U.S. Air Force, about 10 km south east of Panama City in Bay County, Florida. At the same time she is a census -designated place (CDP ) with 2,994 inhabitants ( 2010).
The base is part of the Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) of the USAF trained there crews of F -15 and F -22 fighter aircraft. Also, here is the Air National Guard with the First Air Force (German " Air Force 1 " ) and the regional control center of the home to NORAD for the southwestern United States. Tyndall AFB has two parallel start and runways: 13L/31R ( 3,050 m ) and 13R/31L ( 2,460 m).
The territory of the Air Force Base is crossed by U.S. Highway 98 ( SR 30).
History
The Air Force began in May 1941 with the construction of the airfield in swampy landscape. He was given the name Tyndall Field, according to Lt. Frank B. Tyndall, an derived from Florida pilot of the First World War, which came in use in 1930 lost their lives. In February 1942, launched the training of gunners, and Air Force soldiers of other nations took part. After the founding of the United States Air Force in 1947, the name changed to Tyndall Air Force Base and they continued to serve the training of fighter pilots. Since 1958, the base is the scene of William Tell, a 1954 annual flying competition of various combat aircraft units of the U.S. and Canada. The organizational affiliation of the Tyndall AFB changed several times, in July 1993 finally took the AETC base from the Air Combat Command.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the then 2,994 inhabitants distributed to 934 households. The population density was 79.4 inh. / Km ². 73.7 % of the population were white, 13.9% African American, 0.5% Native American and 2.4% Asian Americans. 2.9% were members of other ethnic groups and 6.6% of different ethnicities. 13.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 1.2% of all households lived in 72.9 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 95.5 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 3.40 persons and the average family size is 3.49 people.
40.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 40.4 % were 20-39 years old, 8.4% were 40 to 59 years old and 0.6 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 22 years. 54.8 % of the population were male and 45.2 % female.
The average annual income was $ 43,074, while 10.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 92.14 % of the population spoke Spanish 5.02% and 2.84 % had a different mother tongue.