• Welcome new FTAC grads

    The following first-term Airmen have arrived to MacDill from technical school. We are excited to have them and wish them the best!6th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronAirman 1st Class Tonni Upchurch, Tuskegee, Ala.6th Air Mobility WingAirman 1st Class Benjamin Sorrell, Lee Ssummit, Mo.6th Civil Engineer

  • A community of health

    Three trainers from the Tampa Bay Rays visited MacDill Air Force Base this week in an effort to build an even stronger partnership between the base and the local community.Ron Porterfield, Rays head trainer, Mark Vinson, Rays assistant athletic trainer, and Paul Harker, Rays assistant athletic

  • Parents offered a 'university' education in child discipline

    It may not be a degree program, but MacDill is offering free university enrollment for parents of preschoolers.Parenting presents enough challenges all by itself, but add the unique pressures of military life and those challenges multiply quickly. The answer is a good education, according to the

  • MacDill’s Tinker Elementary School puts student safety at forefront

    Children are the most treasured assets a community possesses and such is the case for the students at Gen. Clarence Tinker Elementary School on MacDill Air Force Base. In the wake of the recent shootings and security incidents happening across America, community leaders at MacDill and throughout

  • The real pirates of the Caribbean

    The 6th Operations Group, currently assigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing, has a history dating back to the beginning of air travel. The 6th Composite Group, the ancestor of the 6th OG, was based out of the Panama Canal Zone at a small U.S. air field, named France Field.A little more than 85 years

  • Good things; PLAYpass extended through 2013

    It's oft said that all good things must come to an end, but while it was expected it would be over at the close of 2012, fans of the Air Force PLAYpass will get an extension of the popular program at least through December.The PLAYpass program, which is a rewards program for the families of deployed

  • Tips for avoiding the GPC fiscal cliff

    The Government Purchase Card Program is a key mission enabler. It provides organizations a simplified, streamlined method for making mission essential purchases at lower-dollar thresholds. It significantly reduces the administrative burden of the procurement and payment process, which avoids

  • MacDill growth, improvement projects abound in 2013

    If there is one constant at MacDill it is that each year brings a new slate of repair and expansion projects that help clear a path to the future. New infrastructure, demolition of old facilities and the raising of new ones is business as usual at this busy base, which supports several commands, the

  • Congratulations to the newest NCO Academy Class

    Congratulations to the newest NCO Academy Class 13-1 grads: 6th Contracting Squadron Lakeisha Gamble 6th Operations Support Squadron Patrick Gray Joint Communication Support ElementChristian Hayden Nicholas Hoppe U.S. Central Command Nicholas Hoppe6th Maintenance SquadronBenjamin Schramm 6th Medical

  • Airman & Family Readiness Center here to help

    Service members and their family face unique challenges every day. The MacDill Air Force Base Airmen & Family Readiness Center is here to help.Don't be fooled by the name, the A&FRC is in place to help all service members, retirees and family members, regardless of their branch of service.Family is