• 6th Contracting Squadron best of AMC

    The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency announced the 2013 Air Mobility Command Contracting Annual Award winners. Of the 19 categories, the 6th Contracting Squadron garnished the following five:Outstanding Contracting Unit - Large: 6th CONS, MacDill AFBOutstanding Contracting Officer - FGO:

  • Hangar 1 reaches life expectancy

    The construction on hanger one began on August 19, 2013 and is estimated to be completed April 2, 2014. The hangar was first built in 1941 and has reached its life expectancy of 70 years.The 1940's era exterior siding, windows and doors will be replaced due to extensive deterioration that can

  • Team MacDill gets 'Hooked for the Holidays'

    Fifty service-members from MacDill Air Force Base partook in the first ever 'Hooked for the Holidays' fishing event, Dec. 20, 2013, due to generous donations from five Tampa Bay community organizations.Leaving the docks from Madeira Beach, Fla. on the Hubbard Marina's Friendly Fisherman, the group

  • MacDill unveils new ADA housing

    MacDill Air Force Base presented 10 qualifying families with newly constructed Americans with Disabilities Act homes on Dec. 18, 2013. The newly constructed homes are specially designed to assist special needs families. The homes include unique features such as, sliding pocket doors, roll-in

  • A day of honoring the fallen

    More than 5,000 men, women, children, veterans and active-duty service members took time out of their hectic holiday schedules, Dec. 14, 2013, to remember the men and women of the U.S. military who won't be sitting around the table with us this holiday season. The morning started off at the Florida

  • Airmen learn to bounce back: Resiliency

    "Are you going to let something out of your control, control you?" asked Chief Master Sgt. Robin Brooks, 6th Medical Group superintendent and resiliency instructor, during a resiliency training held Dec. 12, 2013 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Currently, resiliency is a topic of major importance

  • MacDill welcomes back FAMCAMP campers

    Members of the 6th Force Support Squadron hosted a Welcome Back Party in celebration of the return of our annual military "snowbirds" to the family campground Dec. 13, 2013 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The FAMCAMP is a camp site where retirees from up North come to stay during the winter months,

  • Trees for Troops

    The holiday season is here! It's time to hang lights and stockings; eat cookies, open presents, and put up the Christmas tree. Trees for Troops offered MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., 500 fresh-cut trees for the holiday. The program first started in 2005 with 4,300 trees delivered to troops and their

  • K-9 leave kids in awe

    When the students of Tampa Adventist Academy, attended school Dec. 4, it was not a typical school day, as they were treated to a military working dog demonstration from the 6th Security Forces Squadron Airmen from MacDill Air Force Base. "Anything that allows my students to see discipline, respect

  • The HAWC: Taking care of our community

    Joan Craft, director of the Health and Wellness Center, came to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. in 1997 with an idea to help improve preventative health measures. Taking this vision and not wasting any time, she started providing cholesterol screenings, bone sonograms, and blood pressure testing for