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  • Organization of WWII prisoners keep history alive

    Sacrifice is a part of war, in the course of which some die, some are injured and others lose their freedom and become prisoners of war.Such was the case during WWII for the prisoners of Oflag 64, Szubin, Poland. Members of the survivors group of some 1,400 prisoners incarcerated at the camp

  • Outstanding outcome: Team MacDill CONS sweeps annual awards

    The 6th Contracting Squadron handled business this year for MacDill Air Force Base, obligating government funds and ensuring compliance with contracted work in support of more than 19,000 base personnel. As a result of their efforts, the 6th CONS team received all five individual 2018 Air Mobility

  • Oyster Reef Building Continues - Volunteers Needed

    It's time for the next phase of the MacDill oyster reef building project, and that means volunteers are needed to help place the small concrete condos Tampa Bay oysters will call home. MacDill's oyster reef building project, like base construction and expansion, is ongoing, and volunteers have been

  • Paint, fabricate, repair, repeat

    In all capital letters, "MACDILL" is displayed proudly alongside the symbolic lightning bolt on the tail of a KC-135 Stratotanker. Once the aircraft structural maintenance technicians have applied all the identifiers to both the nose and tail of the aircraft, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, has

  • Partners reunite following Air Force careers

    Josh Burnett, a former U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. and 6th SFS military working dog handler, adopted his former partner Jecky, a Belgian Malinois, who retired from active duty May 28, 2019, after serving at MacDill Air Force Base for seven years.

  • Part-time defender

    Strapping on second chance body armor, and arming up with a baton, M-16, and 120 rounds of 5.56 ammunition is not a usual procedure outside of the security forces career field. However, a wing-wide program offers qualified Airmen from any specialty the chance to do just that, and take watch over key

  • Paying our respects

    "Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light," in 1814, Francis Scott Key was so moved at seeing the Stars and Stripes waving after the British shelling of Baltimore's Fort McHenry that he wrote the words to The Star Spangled Banner.Monday through Friday the National Anthem plays at 5 p.m., at