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  • MacDill Airman earns Parent of the Year

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Every year, the National Alliance of Youth Sports recognizes and honors one sports parent across the country, who demonstrates exceptional influence over the emotional and physical well-being of children participating in the youth sports program.

  • Embracing Total Force culture

    ORLANDO, Fla. – Air Force wide, a large emphasis is being placed on institutionalizing the total force concept in order to embrace all active duty, guardsmen, reservists, and civilian employees as members of a unified team and not as competitors. “What holds us together is our partnerships

  • Metals Technology: Airmen keep aircraft fit to fly

    “In the maintenance world, the quote for fabrication flight has always been, ‘you break it, we fix it!’ said Tech. Sgt. Matthew Dowden, aircraft metals technology section chief assigned to the 6th Maintenance Squadron.

  • To fly or not to fly - MX schedulers

    With 16 KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft and eight more on the way, MacDill Air Force Base’s maintenance scheduling shop are up for the challenge.As maintenance managers, the Airmen in the plans and scheduling office assigned to the 6th Maintenance Group, oversee all maintenance and operations their

  • MacDill gives back through Combined Federal Campaign

    It’s that time of year; the holidays are approaching, cooler temperatures signal the start of Fall and the Combined Federal Campaign is here again.The CFC program provides a platform for federal government employees to donate to charities of their choosing, which includes more than 20,000

  • Beyond the surface: Airmen keep tankers flying

    Imagine getting hurt and thinking it might be a broken bone. The first thought of many is ‘hey let me go see my doctor.’ What follows next is X-rays, testing and troubleshooting broken bones.