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1] The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center (TEC) started on 10 July 1967 as a pilot project to determine the feasibility of an Air National Guard Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) Academy at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville, Tennessee. On 24 June 1968, the Air National Guard NCO Academy officially began operations as a ...
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a joint military facility located at McGhee Tyson Airport. [1] It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of the central business district of Knoxville, near Alcoa, Tennessee. It was the site of McGhee Tyson Air Force Base from 1952 until 1960.
The 134th Air Refueling Wing (134 ARW) is a unit of the Tennessee Air National Guard, stationed at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Knoxville, Tennessee. If activated for federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command. The 134th Air Refueling Wing's KC-135 mission is to provide air refueling and ...
McGhee Tyson had a record 2.8 million passengers in 2023 and expects over 3 million passengers this year. Drawing shows McGhee Tyson terminal expansion starting 2027 An expansion set to begin in ...
The Tennessee Air National Guard (TN ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Tennessee, United States of America. It is, along with the Tennessee Army National Guard an element of the Tennessee National Guard of the larger United States National Guard Bureau and a reserve of the United States Air Force .
Earlier this year, a portion of McGhee Tyson’s Long-Term Parking Lot was closed due to the project. In 2023, a spokesperson for the airport explained that they were working on upgrades to keep ...
In 1961, with financing by the Tennessee Air National Guard, runway 5L was extended to 9,000 feet (2,700 m). The first scheduled airline jets were Delta DC-9s in December 1965. In 1968, McGhee Tyson built a new air cargo facility; a new passenger terminal opened in 1974, a few years after runway 18/36 closed.
The Tennessee Military Department is a department within the Executive Branch of Tennessee State Government with four major components. The Tennessee Army National Guard and the Tennessee Air National Guard constitute the National Guard in Tennessee.