• After deployment TSgt Hutto meets his new addition

    Tech. Sgt. Shannon Hutto, 6th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, was greeted by his family after a seven-month deployment in Kuwait, July 21, 2015 at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida.This was the first time he was able to meet his daughter, Addelyn, who is now six months old. As a

  • Road Closures: Bayshore Blvd

    Ground broke on the second phase of a five-part road construction plan to improve traffic flow on and around Bayshore Boulevard on MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, June 29, 2015.Phase 2 of the Bayshore Boulevard construction is widening part of the road to allow two outbound lanes between Tampa

  • HAF A1 Roadshow visits MacDill

    The enlisted evaluations and promotions systems revision process has been one of the biggest topics in the Air Force in 2015. To inform personnel of the impending changes, as well as clear up any confusion, Brig. Gen. Brian T. Kelly, Manpower, Personnel and Services director, and key personnel

  • MacDill upgrades flight simulator

    Beginning April 23, 2015, the KC-135R simulation and training system at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, became the 17th device to receive the latest virtual upgrades Air Force wide. Col. Brian Smith, 6th Operations Group commander, took MacDill's first virtual flight in the newly upgraded flight

  • MacDill offers first youth center morning programs

    The Youth Center is offering morning programs for the first time at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to include 13 camps and nine field trips. Camps and field trips include: the Science-Technology-Education-Arts-Math, Paintball, Technology, Flag Football, and Disk Jockey camps, along with Big Cat

  • NOAA plane receives upgrade, participates in field campaign

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stationed on MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, installed upgraded engines on one of their two Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft as part of a larger upgrade project for the two planes June 3, 2015.In an effort to stay ahead of the technological curve and

  • MacDill dependents receive a scholarship

    Six military depends stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, were awarded scholarships to be used toward educational expenses, June 17, 2015.Every year The Michaels Organization administers educational scholarship programs to military dependents that reside in the base housing communities

  • Children's Summer Reading Program kicks-off at MacDill

    The Base Library kicked-off its Children's Summer Reading Program "Reading to the Rhythm" at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, June 9, 2015.This is the first time the base library has hosted the event inside the library, and more than 200 children were present to register for the program and partake

  • MacDill Airmen assist B-2 crew

    Four air traffic controllers and 14 firefighters assigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing assisted the crew of a B-2 Spirit bomber during an emergency landing on MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 23, 2015.It was roughly 8 p.m. when Airmen in MacDill's air traffic control tower received a message

  • Air Force marine patrol prevents suicidal drowning

    "Gearing up for work every day, we prepare for any number of different scenarios. We prepare ourselves physically and mentally to handle whatever we could encounter that day. We'd like to believe, here in the marine patrol, that we're ready for anything," explained Senior Airman Cale Schumacher, 6th