McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base is a joint military facility located at McGhee Tyson Airport. It is located approximately 10 miles south of the central business district of Knoxville, near Alcoa, Tennessee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airbase
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “KTYS” and “TYS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include McGhee Tyson Airport and Alcoa High School.
McGhee Tyson Airport
Aerodrome
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McGhee Tyson Airport is a public/military airport 12 miles south of Knoxville, in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I.
Alcoa High School
School building
Alcoa High School is a 9-12 youth detention center located in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is the only high school in the Alcoa City Schools system. Recently moved into the NEW Alcoa High School. Alcoa High School is situated 2 miles southeast of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Armona and Alcoa.
Armona
Hamlet
Armona is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee, in the United States. The origin of the name Armona is uncertain, but it may refer to a type of strawberry. Armona is situated 1½ miles south of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base.
Alcoa
Town
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Alcoa is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 10,978 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Alcoa is situated 2 miles southeast of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base.
Old Glory
Hamlet
Old Glory is an unincorporated community in Blount County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Old Glory is situated 2½ miles southwest of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base.
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Blount, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base”
- Chinese: “麥基爾泰臣空軍國民警衛隊基地”
- French: “base de Mc Ghee Tyson”
- French: “McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base”
- French: “TYS”
- Hebrew: “בסיס המשמר הלאומי של מקגי טייסון”
- Indonesian: “KTYS”
- Indonesian: “TYS”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی حفاظت ملی مک گی تایسن”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی حفاظت ملی مکگی تایسن”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ ҳифозат миллӣ макгий тоисн”
- Urdu: “مکگیی ٹائسن ایئرنیشنل گارڈ بیس”
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