• MacDill prepares for Air Fest

    MacDill Air Force Base presents the Tampa Bay Airfest 2014 is just around the corner and Team MacDill is working around the clock to prepare for the Air Force Thunderbirds and other aerobatic performers.On March 22nd and 23rd, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., will open its gates to the public and host

  • A true example of service before self

    On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Desmond, 6th Security Forces Squadron military working dog trainer, and his wife Lilian, a former 6th SFS Airman, demonstrated a true example of service before self. En route to their son's fifth birthday party, the Desmonds passed by the

  • 6th SFS selected for DoD video

    The 6th Security Forces Squadron marine patrol was chosen to demonstrate non-lethal maritime tactics for a Department of Defense instructional video. A film crew filmed members of marine patrol using and deploying, lasers, acoustics, bright lights, high-intensity lights, and pyrotechnics from Feb.

  • Providing Care: SrA Taryn Summers

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Novak, United States Special Operations Command, lay in the middle of the road waiting for care after his motorcycle had collided into a car early Tuesday morning outside of the Dale Mabry gate of MacDill Air Force Base. Senior Airman Taryn Summers, 91st Air Refueling

  • A community of culinary specialist

    MacDill's 6th Force Support Squadron dining facility teamed up with Chamberlain High School' s Culinary Operations Academy to give students an insider' s look at the culinary world, military style, Jan. 14, 2014. Upon arrival to the Diner' s Reef, 21 students received a short brief, and then paired

  • AFSO21 Large Aircraft Parts Storage

    The 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron is a unit with many moving pieces as it supports the logistical needs for all of MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. In doing so, the Airmen of the 6th LRS often times perform high risk tasks. One such task is the manual maneuvering of large KC-135 Stratotanker parts

  • New body, new view

    The Short Fitness Center celebrated the completion of renovations to improve the facility for its patrons with a ribbon cutting Jan. 31, 2014.The old free-weight room has been under construction since July 2013 while builders added a second floor mezzanine. "The need for more for gym space was

  • MacDill builds camaraderie: Gladiator Challenge

    The purple challenges are designed to challenge service members' physical fitness and build a stronger relationship with the Combatant Commands on base. Members of Short Fitness Center hosted its third purple challenge, the Gladiator Assault Challenge, Jan. 24, 2014 at Lewis Lake on MacDill Air

  • Kids achieve excellence through reading

    Airmen from 6th Air Mobility Wing  attended the third annual Hillsborough County Public Schools "Read on myON" Winter Reading Challenge awards breakfast to help represent local hometown heroes Jan.27, 2014.Seventeen children throughout Hillsborough County, from preschool to fifth grade, were

  • It’s Gasparilla Time: MacDill and the city of Tampa collaborate

    Nine Gasparilla parade safety briefings were held at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. on Jan. 13 -14, 2014. A member of the Tampa Police Department briefed all military personnel 26 years-old and younger on safety, security and force protection rules for the series of events that make up the Gasparilla.