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 of the Air Combat Command (ACC). The base hosts 2,902 active duty members. In October 2018,Hurricane Michael caused significant damage to the base.
The Nineteenth Air Force is an active Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force. During the Cold War it was a component of Tactical Air Command,with a mission of command and control over deployed USAF forces in support of United States foreign policy initiatives. The command was reactivated in 1993 under Air Education and Training Command with a mission of conducting AETC's flying training.
Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. He served on four Space Shuttle missions.
Donald Ray McMonagle is a former astronaut and a veteran of three shuttle flights. He became the Manager,Launch Integration,at the Kennedy Space Center,Florida,on August 15,1997. In this capacity he was responsible for final shuttle preparation,launch execution,and return of the orbiter to KSC following landings at any other location. He was chair of the Mission Management Team,and was the final authority for launch decision.
John Phillip Jumper is a retired United States Air Force general,who served as 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from September 6,2001 to September 2,2005. He retired from the Air Force on November 1,2005. Jumper was succeeded as Chief of Staff by General T. Michael Moseley.
Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located five miles (8.0 km) north of the central business district of Wichita Falls,in Wichita County,Texas,United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command. The base is named in honor of Texas Senator John Morris Sheppard,a supporter of military preparations before World War II.
The Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS),was a unit of the US Air Force located at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City,Florida. It provided air defense and surveillance of the southeastern region of the US. SEADS closed in winter 2005,giving up surveillance and control of their airspace to the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) and the former Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS).
Eric Allen Boe is a retired United States Air Force fighter pilot,Colonel,test pilot,and a current,active NASA astronaut. He flew as the pilot of Space Shuttle missions STS-126 and STS-133.
Bruce Allen Carlson,was the 17th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He is a former four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the sixth Commander,Air Force Materiel Command,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio. The command conducts research,development,test and evaluation,and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. After over 37 years of service,he retired from the Air Force on January 1,2009. Carlson served as a general authority and a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from April 2009 to October 2015.
General Hal M. Hornburg was a four star U.S. Air Force general and commander,Air Combat Command,with headquarters at Langley Air Force Base,Virginia,and Air Component Commander for U.S. Joint Forces Command and U.S. Northern Command.
Major General Garrett Harencak is the Commander of the U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service. Previously,he served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration,Headquarters U. S. Air Force. Prior this position,Harencak served as commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC),Air Force Materiel Command at Kirtland Air Force Base,New Mexico. The AFNWC is responsible for the entire scope of U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons support functions and in addition to its headquarters at Kirtland,comprises several other units in the U.S and abroad.
"Landing in Luck" was William Faulkner's first published short story. Appearing in the November 26,1919 issue of The Mississippian,a literary magazine at the University of Mississippi,"Landing in Luck" tells the story of Cadet Thompson,who is sent on a solo flight without adequate instruction. Thompson lands successfully,and his flight instructor,Bessing,takes credit for the fine job he did of teaching the cadet pilot. It is a fictional exaggeration based on Faulkner's experience as a cadet-pilot for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1918.
The 482d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Montgomery Air Defense Sector at Homestead Air Force Base,Florida in 1969. During World War II the squadron was a replacement training unit until disbanded in 1944 when the Army Air Forces converted training units to Army Air Force Base Units. It was reconstituted in 1955 and served as a fighter interceptor squadron until 1969.
Charles Quinton Brown Jr. is a United States Air Force general who is serving as the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since October 1,2023. He most recently served as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force from 2020 to 2023. Brown entered the Air Force in 1984. A fighter pilot,he has logged over 3,000 flight hours,including 130 hours in combat. He has commanded the Pacific Air Forces,U.S. Air Forces Central Command,31st Fighter Wing,8th Fighter Wing,U.S. Air Force Weapons School,and 78th Fighter Squadron. He has also served as deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command.
Joseph Lauren Lengyel is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who last served as the 28th chief of the National Guard Bureau from August 2016 to August 2020. As chief,he was responsible for ensuring that nearly 460,000 Army National Guard and Air National Guard personnel are accessible,capable and ready to protect the homeland and to provide combat capabilities to the United States Army and the United States Air Force. Lengyel is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours primarily in the F-16.
The mayor of Miami Beach is the nonpartisan chief executive of the municipal government of Miami Beach,Florida,and the presiding member of its seven-member City Commission. Modern-day mayors are elected to two-year terms and are term-limited to no more than 3 terms,which can be consecutive or non-consecutive. The mayor and other members of the City Commission appoint a city manager to administer the day-to-day affairs and operations of City Hall and its various departments. City Hall is located at 1700 Convention Center Drive;the mayor's office is located on the fourth floor.
Homestead Air Reserve Base,previously known as Homestead Air Force Base is located in Miami–Dade County,Florida to the northeast of the city of Homestead. It is home to the 482nd Fighter Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command's Tenth Air Force,as well as the headquarters of Special Operations Command South.
Donald Gilbert Nichols is a politician in the American state of Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1966 to 1971,representing the 27th district.
Arnold Webster Bunch Jr. is a retired United States Air Force four-star general. He last served as the commander of Air Force Materiel Command,headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio. He is responsible for installation and mission support,discovery and development,test and evaluation,life cycle management services and sustainment of virtually every major Air Force weapon system. The command employs approximately 80,000 people and manages $60 billion of budget authority annually. Before his current assignment,he was the military deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at The Pentagon.
Raymond Cassagnol was a Haitian Air Force officer/flight instructor,alleged Haitian rebel leader,and one of the first Haitian Tuskegee Airmen,"Red Tails," or “Schwartze Vogelmenschen”or among enemy German pilots. Cassagnol was an aviation classmate and roommate of Daniel James Jr.,the first-ever African American four-star general.
