Hurricane Michael

[Clayton Bigsby]

Wasn't the rescue coordination center at Tyndall?  If so, I assume that capability has been transferred elsewhere?

[ClearedHot]

14 hours ago, BashiChuni said:

give me a freaking break

Concur

[HossHarris]

8 hours ago, Clayton Bigsby said:

Wasn't the rescue coordination center at Tyndall?  If so, I assume that capability has been transferred elsewhere?

And JPRC. 

Unknown if relocated. 

[BashiChuni]

9 hours ago, Clayton Bigsby said:

Wasn't the rescue coordination center at Tyndall?  If so, I assume that capability has been transferred elsewhere?

Hey guys let’s refrain from speculating about this our enemies could gain some unknown advantage from us talking about highly unclassified stuff -DFRESH

[waveshaper]

This F-22 odyssey to escape the wrath of Hurricane Michael has me scratching my head. This is an example "only";  Sooo,  33 out of 55 F-22s were flyable and evacuated to Wright Patterson AFB, which means 22 broke birds were left behind at Tyndall. That means 33 flyable F-22s arrived at Wright Patterson AFB. The next step in this odyssey was the F-22s relocated to Langley AFB. My two simple questions; How many broke Tyndall F-22s are now sitting at Wright Patterson AFB and how many made it to Langley AFB? How many Tyndall AFB F-22s that made it all the way to Langley AFB are now broke and how many are flyable? This has the potential to be the modern day - USAF equivalent of the "Trail of Tears" (In todays era - for the USAF/F-22 program - Tears = $$$$$$$$/to many broke birds.

[brabus]

22 is an inaccurate number.  Turns out open source media is full of shit about 99% of the time, yet somehow we continue to believe a lot of what we read in the news.  Not to say the discussion is invalid about how we fucked ourselves years ago by only buying 187. 

[brickhistory]

3 hours ago, brabus said:

Not to say the discussion is invalid about how we fucked ourselves years ago by only buying 187. 

187 was enough so that we could spend the money and effort for 50 UAV CAPS was a great call...amiright, Bob?

Edited October 21, 2018 by brickhistory

[matmacwc]

Stop using facts, you'll confuse the leftist and they get angry easy

[waveshaper]

	Here's a new video that (accidentally) shows four F-22's that were probably pulled out of a hanger or maybe the two hardened Flow-Through shelters (with doors) at Tyndall;  Date video taken - 10/21/2018/Date video posted - 10/21/2018 at 21:07. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/634299/823rd-red-horse-squadron-repairs-roof

Edited October 22, 2018 by waveshaper

[BashiChuni]

oh PR...showing them trying to screw in screws w/ drill going the wrong direction...we've all done it no problem...but wouldn't you edit that out!? lol. not a big deal just funny

[gearhog]

The math is simple. If around half of your fleet of aircraft is reliable at any given moment, you buy twice as many.

 

 

[JeremiahWeed]

8 hours ago, BashiChuni said:

oh PR...showing them trying to screw in screws w/ drill going the wrong direction...we've all done it no problem...but wouldn't you edit that out!? lol. not a big deal just funny

🤔 I don’t think you saw what you think you saw. It looks to me that in both situations the lag bolt was already screwed into the furring strip but hadn’t hit something solid within the roof structure. They were just backing them out to reposition them and try again in a slightly different location. 

[BashiChuni]

Oh maybe so. I dunno

[Breckey]

https://theaviationist.com/2018/10/24/here-are-the-photos-of-the-surviving-f-22s-being-flown-out-of-tyndall-following-the-aftermath-of-hurricane-michael/

 

[Clark Griswold]

One more article on the 17 Raptors were left to ride out Hurr Michael:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24442/we-finally-know-how-many-f-22s-were-left-behind-at-tyndall-afb-during-hurricane-michael

 

Edited October 26, 2018 by Clark Griswold

[Prosuper]

https://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2018/October 2018/Final-F-22s-Getting-Ready-to-Take-Off-from-Tyndall-as-Base-Continues-Recovery-from-Catastrophic-Hurricane.aspx

Some good news from Tyndall.

Edited November 2, 2018 by Prosuper
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[M2]

Temporarily going to Hawaii and Alaska...

https://www.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1680777/tyndall-afb-personnel-f-22s-temporary-relocate-to-jbphh-and-jber/

[brabus]

Send a bunch of people OCONUS 6900 miles away who have homes they're trying to rebuild - classic AD move.

[nunya]

Their wives will totally not mind handling contractors and insurance claims while still taking care of the kids alone.

[herkbum]

Their wives will totally not mind handling contractors and insurance claims while still taking care of the kids alone.

While their husband is living in Hawaii without them


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[Danger41]

Uhhh....why the hell would they not relocate to Eglin? 

[brabus]

The 43rd (FTU) is going to Eglin, but not the 95th (CAF)...or at least that's been the WOM that this PACAF statement gives credence to.  I don't know why they wouldn't just put both squadrons at Eglin, even if that meant a slight reduction in sorties.  There's a ton of room at Eglin and the airspace factor is unchanged.

Edited November 4, 2018 by brabus

[uhhello]

A Letter from Col Brian S. Laidlaw, 325th Fighter Wing Commander

Good Morning Team Tyndall,

We are definitely better today than we were yesterday and tomorrow we will be better than we are today.

This is the mantra of Team Tyndall as we continue to recover and repair our base. On Friday, November 2, the Secretary of the Air Force made an important announcement about our base. She announced the specific units that will continue operations at Tyndall as well as the units that have insufficient infrastructure to resume their missions at Tyndall and where they will go for now.

Units that will resume operations at Tyndall AFB:

• The 601st Air Force Operations Center will resume operations no later than January 1, 2019.
• The 337th Air Control Squadron will resume air battle manager training at a reduced rate by January 1, 2019. A full production rate is expected not later than summer 2019.
• Air Force Medical Agency Support team will continue their mission of medical facility oversight. 
• Air Force Office of Special Investigations will continue their mission from usable facilities.
• 53rd Air-to-Air Weapons Evaluation Group will remain at Tyndall Air Force Base.
• The Air Force Legal Operations Agency will continue their mission from a useable facility at Tyndall. 
• Air Force recruiters will continue their mission from local area offices in the Panama City, Florida, area. 
• The 823rd Red Horse Squadron, Detachment 1, will continue their mission at Tyndall. 
• The Air Force Civil Engineer Center will continue their mission at Tyndall.

Units to be located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, with reachback to Tyndall:

• The 43rd and 2nd Fighter Squadrons’ F-22 Fighter Training and T-38 Adversary Training Units will relocate operations to Eglin AFB. Academic and simulator facilities at Tyndall will be used to support training requirements, as well as Tyndall’s surviving Low Observable maintenance facilities. 
• The 372rd Training Squadron, Detachment 4, will relocate with the F-22 Fighter Training Units to Eglin AFB.

Units with insufficient infrastructure to resume operations at Tyndall AFB at this time:

• Personnel and F-22s from the 95th Fighter Squadron will relocate to Langley AFB, Virginia; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. 
• The Noncommissioned Officer Academy will temporarily disperse across four locations: McGhee-Tyson, Tennessee; Maxwell Air Force Base - Gunter Annex, Alabama; Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; and Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. 
With this announcement, I know there are many questions regarding assignments and timeframes for returning to work. We are working each day with our team of experts and your squadron commanders to provide you those answers. We will meet Gen Goldfein’s goal of ensuring our Airmen (military and civilian) are on a path or deliberately settled by the winter holidays.

While the Air Force has committed $100 million dollars to repairing and recovering Tyndall, our Airmen and mission partners are the key to recovering our base. In the past week, we have finished our initial structure assessment, started mold remediation in high priority buildings, completed street debris removal in housing, and many other tasks. Our base looks better every day, and many workspaces will be ready for you to return in a limited capacity. Your commanders are helping us build our phased reconstitution plan and timeline.

As we continue with this process, you remain my first priority. Know that you are forefront in my mind as our team supports the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s decisions and we look forward to our future.

We’re Airmen. We’ve got this.

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Col Brian S. Laidlaw
325th Fighter Wing Commander