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  • From trainer to communicator

    "When I was at Basic Military Training, I told my instructor 'I'll be back down here someday,'" recalled Tech. Sgt. Matthew Orlando, 6th Communications Squadron client systems supervisor.Orlando was a military training instructor for Air Force BMT at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas from 2009 to

  • Fuel to the Max

    "People are so amazed that they can increase muscle and lose fat while improving their strength and endurance when they follow the appropriate diet," explained Susan Haley, 6th Aerospace Medicine Squadron health promotion dietician, when talking about the Fuel to the Max class.Fuel to the Max is a

  • Fueling MacDill's future, one gallon at a time

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.— The Defense Logistics Agency and personnel assigned to MacDill Air Force Base, work hard to provide jet fuel for MacDill’s aircraft and surrounding locations near Tampa, Florida.

  • Fueling the Mission

    "Over the past year our total force mobility Airmen moved over 320K tons of cargo, 876K passengers, offloaded over 1.2 billion pounds of fuel, and transported over 4K patients," said General Carlton Everhart II commander of Air Mobility Command.AMC would not be able to provide rapid global mobility

  • Helping Hands—Feeding those in need

    The Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area has the largest homeless population in the United States. Having a bed to lie in and a hot meal each day is not a luxury many individuals are able to enjoy.Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, 12 Airmen from the 6th Air Mobility Wing volunteered three hours of their

  • Holocaust survivors visit MacDill

    Three survivors of the Jewish Holocaust joined a group of servicemembers from around MacDill Air Force Base at the base chapel Apr. 21 in observance of Yom Hashoah. Yom Hashoah, translated in English to "a day of remembrance," was highlighted to commemorate the lives and heroism of the six million

  • Honoring a fallen hero

    The men and women of MacDill Air Force Base paid tribute to Major Raymond G. Estelle II, who served as the 6th Communication Squadron chief of maintenance support for the from Feb. 1999 to Jan. 2001, with the Jan. 16 dedication of a new Consolidated Communication Facility.Raymond Estelle was one of

  • Honoring the legacy of Lt. Helton

    This past week I had the honor of leading the 2011 "Helton Haul" 5-K run named for the late 1st Lt. Joseph Helton. I was privileged to be flanked by his mother, Jiffy Helton. She was deeply moved by the tribute shown by members of the 6th Air Mobility Wing and Team MacDill in honor of her son. For