• Rise of the Cyber Wingman: 10 principles Airmen must know

    Every day, malicious code, worms, botnets and hooks attack Air Force computers hardware, software and the Internet. They infiltrate classified information and compromise national security. In response, the Air Force is stepping up its mission to defend cyberspace.Cyberspace adversaries attack

  • MacDill sergeant rubs people the right way

    Staff Sgt. Kenny Marrero is good with his hands, and that makes him a popular guy around the office over at the 6th Communications Squadron. They like him a lot at the Health and Wellness Center, too, and at the base gym.The voice network tech's talent is massage therapy, and doing it for free the

  • What is Cyber Security?

     Air Mobility Command directed a "Cyber Security Awareness Day" be conducted by AMC wings to increase network user awareness of Cyber Security policy and procedures to prevent the threat of someone introducing software designed to infiltrate or damage computer systems on the network without the

  • Just the facts: cervical cancer

    Approximately 11,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States and almost 4,000 women die of cervical cancer each year. Fortunately women could potentially avoid the consequences of cervical cancer by undergoing a Papanicolaou test (Pap smear) during their routine health exams.

  • Save-a-life Tour

    Team MacDill members experienced firsthand what it was like to drive under the influence this week when the Save-A-Life tour stopped by the Short Fitness Center here.The tour used a drunk-driving simulator that allowed servicemembers to experience how alcohol impairs driving skills.During the

  • Small Business Conference

    The 6th Air Mobility Wing, in partner with United States Special Operations Command, hosted its third annual Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Veteran-Owned Business Technology Conference at the Tampa Convention Center Oct. 28 and 29.The goal of the conference was to provide a forum

  • MacDill’s volunteers take the load off, critical to success

    The heart and soul of the Air Force may be its Airmen, but it is an equally dedicated group that works to ensure those Airman are free to go about the important work the mission demands. Without volunteers at MacDill, "we'd have a problem," as Mike Tyler, director of the base volunteer program puts

  • MacDill tankers keep mission airborne at Red Flag

    Members of the 91st Air Refueling Squadron from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., are doing their part to ensure participants in Exercise Red Flag 10-1 stay in the air here. Aircrews in KC-135 Stratotankers flew multiple sorties per day Oct. 19 through 30 and pushed more than 1.4 million pounds of fuel