$107M MacDill Air Force base school built to fight hurricanes

The new Tinker K-8 School on the Tampa military base is being built with a focus on resiliency and how students learn.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 22, 2025
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Creative Contractors’ President and CEO Josh Bomstein says the Tinker K-8 School's new campus on MacDill Air Force Base help to create a better learning and teaching environment while fighting hurricanes.
Creative Contractors’ President and CEO Josh Bomstein says the Tinker K-8 School's new campus on MacDill Air Force Base help to create a better learning and teaching environment while fighting hurricanes.
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For decades now MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa has been known as the operations hub for the U.S. military’s missions in the Middle East.

It is home to the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Special Operations Command, along with several Air Force groups.

 

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