• Futuristic land/watercraft technology tested at MacDill

    In the movie "The World is not Enough", James Bond went after the bad guys in a vehicle called the Q Boat which was equipped with a GPS tracking system, rocket propulsion and heat-seeking torpedoes. It was capable of driving on land as quickly and easily as it did on water. Every now and then, the

  • Now is time to obligate your 2008 budget

    The 6th Contracting Squadron in an average fiscal year obligates over $350 million in 2,500 contract actions. Now is the time to plan the obligation of your budget so that we can assist you with timely procurement of yearly requirements. I'd like to provide you guidance on reaching the end of the

  • Traffic congestion: are you helping or hindering?

    We see it everyday, congestion at the front gate. Everyone is jockeying for position. Which is the shortest and fastest lane? Am I going to get to work on time? Hurry up, buddy, I haven't got all day! Let's try this lane. Maybe I should have looked before I changed lanes. Did I cross a solid white

  • Local group always working to support air mobility mission

    Just 11 years after the Wright Brothers broke the bonds of gravity in their crude aircraft, a major event in aviation history occurred over Tampa Bay, when pilot Tony Jannus made the world's first regularly scheduled commercial airline flight across the Bay from St. Petersburg to Tampa. It was quite

  • New, merged Equal Opportunity office makes smooth transition

    Keeping up with the acronyms in the Air Force gets tricky sometimes, particularly when there are mergers, but once everyone gets used to the Military Equal Opportunity and it's civilian equivalent coming together as one element now called Equal Opportunity, they are going to like what they see,

  • Global reach, hope for today, future generations

    To the Men and Women of Air Mobility Command: As my first 100 days in command draw to a close, I wanted to take a moment to share my impressions of the outstanding things I have seen and experienced in these few short weeks. Simply put, I am awestruck by the professionalism, dedication and