53rd Weapons Evaluation Group
The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group is a United States Air Force unit that reports to the 53rd Wing. It is stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The unit is part of Air Combat Command.
BQM-167 Streaker of the group's 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron
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Col. MacDonald and Al Nelson next to his Lockheed P-38L "Putt Putt Maru(V)", 44-25471.
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.