Oct. 10, 2020 Tyndall Transfer: Part 1 - the phone call Hurricane Michael was a category 5 hurricane that made landfall over Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018. For the 11,000 members of Team Tyndall like myself and the countless others within the Panama City, Florida area, the days, weeks and months after that day still resonate.