• Catching up with the commander: Senior Airman Jeremy Francisco

    U.S. Air Force Col. Edward Szczepanik, 6th Air Refueling Wing Commander, recognizes Senior Airman Jeremy Francisco, a military working dog handler assigned to the 6th Security Forces Squadron, during a game of catch at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, July 18, 2025. As a patrol unit, Francisco and

  • Back in the Bay: 6th ARW Airmen return home

    Family and friends welcome deployed service members assigned to the 50th Air Refueling Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, July 16, 2025. The support of military families is the backbone of the 6th Air Refueling Wing’s ability to deliver hope and project lethality, anytime and anywhere.

  • One mission, one family: Serving together at MacDill AFB

    During MacDill’s first-quarter all-call, U.S. Air Force Col. Edward Szczepanik, 6th Air Refueling Wing commander, recognized top performers from the wing's Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection held May 1-4, 2025. Among them were two Stangs, a father-daughter duo currently stationed at MacDill

  • CSAF and CMSAF visit MacDill AFB

    U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi hosted an all-call for Airmen at MacDill Air Force Base, highlighting the base’s vital contributions to force readiness, talent development and global power projection.

  • Unveiling the heart of an Air Force Chaplain

    Walking through the corridors of a correctional facility on his way to lead service, he would approach the window of a cell, only to be greeted by his own reflection.“This could be me,” he said. “In some ways with my past journey, it was me. It reminds me of what I needed when I was in a really low

  • German-American finds calling in the Air Force

    Have you ever felt dissatisfied with your career or unappreciated in your workplace? This is how U.S. Air Force Senior Airman David Larsen, 6th Communications Squadron radio frequency transmission technician, felt in 2018 when he was a sales manager for an international paper machinery supplier in

  • MacDill hosts honorary commanders' tour

    The 6th and 927th Operations Groups hosted an immersion tour for the newly inducted honorary commanders from both wings here, Feb. 3. The honorary commanders took the opportunity to spend part of the day touring and learning more about how Team MacDill utilizes the total force to project air power