• Eight 6th ARW Airmen become Space Force Guardians

    Eight Airmen from the U.S. Air Force’s 6th Air Refueling Wing officially transferred to the U.S. Space Force on Feb. 1, 2021.Established in 2019, the Space Force is a military service that organizes, trains and equips space forces in order to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and to provide

  • MacDill hosts Continental U.S. NORAD Region media event

    A F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft assigned to the the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, will be protecting the skies over the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) region during Super Bowl LV, at Tampa, Florida Feb. 7, 2021.

  • 6th ARW welcomes new command chief

    Team MacDill welcomed Chief Master Sgt. Shae Gee as the new command chief and senior enlisted member of the 6th Air Refueling Wing, Jan. 25, 2021.

  • 6th ARW exercises rapid global mobility during LRE

    Mobility Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing demonstrated their readiness to deploy forces and equipment to deliver rapid global mobility in a moment’s notice during an large-scale readiness exercise conducted Jan. 11-22.

  • Team MacDill celebrates local World War II veteran’s 100th birthday

    Team MacDill service members along with the local community celebrated a World War II veteran’s 100th birthday during a drive by parade at North Shore Park Jan. 16, 2021. Henry Sayler, a 1943 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, decorated fighter pilot and respected statesman, friend of Charles

  • 6th ARW welcomes new Inspector General

    The 6th Air Refueling Wing welcomes a new Inspector General (IG) who plays a vital role in ensuring the readiness, discipline and efficiency of every aspect of the wing’s global reach mission. Air Force Lt. Col. Kenneth Sierra is the new 6th ARW IG who is responsible to provide service in support of

  • MacDill integrates training with Barksdale AFB B-52s

    Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing traveled to Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Dec. 15-18, 2020, to conduct integrated training with Air Force Global Strike Command’s B-52 Stratofotress bombers assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing.For both the 6th ARW and the 2nd BW, this integrated training is an