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  • What do you know about MacDill?

    There are numerous interesting facts about MacDill Air Force Base, Florida that many people may be unaware of. Facts that help shed light on just how much this installation impacts the lives of its service members, retirees, civilians, dependents and ultimately the greater Tampa Bay community. Not

  • Much more than a gateway: Dale Mabry

    On an average day more than 20,000 people find their way through the gates of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, the majority of whom arrive by one of the state's most famous roads--Dale Mabry Highway.Buried beneath the popularity of its modern day relevance, Dale Mabry Hwy. is much more than a road

  • Recycling Inspections: Lessons Learned

    A team of volunteers inspected the base in January to assess compliance with environmental regulations and policies. Recycling was a major focus of the effort as the base strived to improve performance in this area to meet an ambitious goal established by Executive Order 13154. MacDill currently

  • MacDill Airman fights death, defies odds to remain in service

    "All I remember was calling my dad to tell him I didn't feel well, and then waking up three weeks later in the hospital with equipment hooked up all over my body and tubes attached to my nose and throat...I was terrified."Staff Sgt. Ryan Smith, 6th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight

  • Lt. Col. Robert Lehman

    "I quickly realized in Officer Training School that I was into something different," said Lt. Col. Robert Lehman, 6th Aerospace Medicine Squadron chief of aerospace medicine. "This was no longer about me, this was now about how can I help my whole flight be successful. This was a huge change for

  • Uncle Walt

    Flying 35,000 feet over Louisiana, a senior master sergeant boom operator from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, pressed his hands against the floor to ease his nerves and prepare himself to make one of the final aerial refueling approaches of his 26-year career on Jan. 26, 2015."It is a bittersweet

  • Personnel Reliability Program

    With "be ready now" as one of the strategic priorities at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, the Personnel Reliability Program closely monitors Airmen to ensure they are fully qualified to perform duties involving nuclear weapons.   The program is designed to ensure that each person selected for

  • Behind the Scenes

    Parking placards are in place, lodging is reserved, greeting party is on the flightline, and transportation is requested, who finalizes all these last minute details you ask? The office of base protocol.Protocol's mission is to ensure customs and courtesies are rendered to individuals, flags, and

  • Stand-Out Female: NCOIC of Debrief

    As a high school graduate, Lissa Nelson, from Atwater, California, didn't have any set goals for the future. Although she had enrolled in some community college classes, she stopped attending school after a short period of time. This made her parents angry since they were paying for her education,

  • Newfound perspective—HVAC

    As the only heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technician assigned to the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron, Staff Sgt. John Herron manages to excel in mission requirements.At MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, within the 6th CES, the fire department and explosive ordinance disposal