• MacDill flies civic leaders

    U.S. Air Force Col. Stephen Snelson, the 6th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) commander, talks with 6th ARW civic leaders aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 17, 2019. Snelson piloted the familiarization flight which featured a refueling of a C-17 Globemaster III

  • MacDill supports joint force exercise

    For around a week, the skies over MacDill Air Force Base, Florida buzzed with the sounds of HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters, as the base hosted a Joint Force deployment readiness exercise. The 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, and the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • MacDill fuels force en route to Swift Response 18

    A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida forward deployed to Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire to provide in-flight refueling in support of Swift Response 18, June 6, 2018.

  • Airmen conduct historic mission to Virgin Islands following Irma

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFNS) -- Members of the 14th and 15th Airlift Squadrons delivered a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control mobile tower from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 12, 2017.The mobile ATC