43rd Fighter Squadron
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The 43rd Fighter Squadron is part of the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It conducts advanced fighter training for F-22 Raptor pilots.
43rd Fighter Squadron F-22A Raptors
43d Fighter Squadron P-40N Warhawk, Howard Field, Canal Zone, May 1944
McDonnell Douglas F-4E-35-MC Phantom II, AF Serial No. 67-0305 of the 43d TFS.
43rd F-4 flying near Mt. McKinley about 1977.
Tyndall Air Force Base
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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 first operational F-22A Raptor flies over Tyndall AFB on its delivery flight during 2003.
Lieutenant Francis B. Tyndall (1894–1930)
Base entrance during World War II
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo at Tyndall AFB in August 1972.