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  • Birds don’t fly without supply

    Every day, Air Force aircraft maintainers repair and replace broken parts on their respective aircraft. Whether these parts are brand new or refurbished, they are required for maintainers to uphold rapid global mobility by keeping planes in the air.The maintainers are responsible for understanding

  • Boots are hung, far from done

    After a 21-year career, a retired senior master sergeant couldn't walk away from doing what she loved most. She continues to serve today as a civilian watch supervisor at MacDill's air traffic control tower sharing the knowledge and experience she gained from her long career.Mrs. Angela Hull's story

  • Break on through – MacDill defender house ensures excellence

    Tucked behind the 6th Security Forces Squadron’s combat arms training and maintenance building, an abandoned brick warehouse rests ominously.For the defenders with the 6th SFS, it’s a 5,000 square-foot, two-story building hosting the perfect training environment, equipped with two heavy metal doors

  • Bump, set, spike!

    One of our very own was selected to play for the Air Force indoor volleyball team and compete in the USA Volleyball Open National Championship tournament held in Detroit, Michigan, May 22-27, 2015.Capt. Erin Flaherty, 6th Medical Group primary care manager, was hand selected by the Air Force

  • CAF: Don't just survive, thrive

    Comprehensive Airman Fitness isn't simply another Air Mobility Command sustenance program. It's a lifestyle. In the words of Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., AMC commander, "It's important to survive. But I want you to be able to thrive." CAF was implemented the beginning of July last year. Since its

  • CAF: Helping Team MacDill get into shape

    As the great philosopher, Cher, once put it, "Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body." In other words, being physically fit is something that requires a little more effort than walking from the television to refrigerator and back. The Comprehensive Airman Fitness

  • CAF: Mental Health

    Everyone, in every walk of life, deals with stress - as Dr. James C. Dobson, psychologist, puts it, "There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point." Air Mobility Command recognizes

  • CAF: Social health essential well-being

    According to the World Health Organization in 1948, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."While this might appear to be common sense, with today's busy world, people often forget to take time not only for

  • Camera to microscope: Airman plants roots for Air Force career

    Peering through a scope, she identifies her target and prepares to execute her mission-- repair the patient’s tooth and alleviate pain. With focus, she extracts the dental pulp, replaces it with expert precision, and fills the tooth to ensure its preservation. Thus is the life of an endodontist, a