• The IG formula explained

    Most people will go an entire military career never needing the services of the Inspector General ; I count those people as the lucky ones. But it's only a matter of time when a problem will arise that requires you to visit your local IG to help solve your complaint.So how does someone find

  • Warm-weather activities? Outdoor Rec has you covered

    Most of the year, there are things to do outside around MacDill. However, with the warming weather of spring and summer more and more people will take to the outdoors. To help with activities around base is the MacDill Air Force Base Outdoor and Recreation facilities and programs. The MacDill Air

  • Weather Flight provides mission critical information

    The outcomes of wars and the fates of countries have been determined by the whims of Mother Nature. The importance of weather prediction in performing the mission is not lost on the team at the 6th Air Mobility Wing's Weather Flight.Operating between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m., on standby the remaining

  • MacDill triathlete takes third in Armed Forces Triathlon

    There are two ways to place well in a triathlon: get out front and stay there or come from behind. Always a strong swimmer and a much-improved bicyclist, getting up front after the first two events of the Armed Forces Triathlon April 9 was a natural for 1st Lt. Erin O'Connor.A bioenvironmental

  • Base security is everyone's job

    As the Chief of Security Forces and Defense Force Commander for the 6th Air Mobility Wing I wanted to take a few minutes of your time to talk about your role in security of the installation. In the 6th Security Forces Squadron we have hundreds of trained Airmen (Active, Guard, Reserve and Civilian)

  • MacDill Airman is AMC Airman of the Year

    One of MacDill Air Force Base's own earned the title of 2010 Air Mobility Command Airmen of the Year. With 136,000 members in AMC, that was no easy feat. "Never compare yourself to people you don't want to be. Always push yourself to do the best you can. If you give 100 percent, you will never have

  • 'There I was' Afghanistan deployment a source of great pride, accomplishment

    So there I was ... at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, waiting for my military rotator to return to the states, only after a quick stop at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for decompression training. I just completed another deployment for the United States Air Force representing THE mighty 6th SFS. My

  • Before there was a MacDill; pre-base history

    July 13, 1939: The Tampa Tribune headline proclaimed "We get the big air base."It was the news leading up to the official dedication of MacDill Field in 1941 - 70 years ago this week. But for the peninsula where MacDill Air Force Base, it was not the beginning of its local history or its military

  • You say it's your birthday?

    When was MacDill Air Force Base's birthday? In 1939? Maybe 1941? How about 1948? While that question probably wouldn't even spark a classic Leonard Hofstadter-Sheldon Cooper debate (if you don't know, ask your kids about the TV show The Big Bang Theory), it's kept at least one local historian busy