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March 16, 2023
6th ARW supports flyover during Beirut Peacekeepers Tower groundbreaking ceremony

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 6th Air Refueling, flies over the William R. Gaines Jr. Veterans Memorial Park during the Beirut Peacekeepers Tower Groundbreaking ceremony in Port Charlotte, Florida, March 15, 2023. The tower will memorialize the 241 Americans killed during the bombing of a
March 9, 2023
Women in Aviation: Capt. Orchydia Sackey

“I remember growing up in my journey to becoming a pilot, thinking that I could not do it because I had not seen many women do it. I had not seen many people of color do it. In my position now, I think about being the example for a young girl who might have that same desire that I did.”
March 8, 2023
The Office of Special Investigations provides counterintelligence to MacDill

The Office of Special Investigations Detachment 340 protects assets at MacDill through counterintelligence operations.
Feb. 15, 2023
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
Feb. 9, 2023
Operation Vespucci demonstrates global reach during Southern Hemisphere tour

A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base and the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., successfully circumnavigated the Southern Hemisphere in an endurance mission covering more than 23,000 nautical miles Jan. 23-30.
Feb. 5, 2023
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
Feb. 2, 2023
MacDill commemorates Black History Month with historical all-African American flight

From left to right, U.S. Air Force Capt. JohnLewis Elliot, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 50th Air Refueling Squadron, Senior Airman Caleb Mills, a boom operator assigned to the 91st ARS and 2nd Lt. Bryan Lee, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 63rd ARS, walk on the flight line
Dec. 22, 2022
2022 Gasparilla Bowl teams visit MacDill AFB ahead of big game

College football players on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Missouri Tigers arrive at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Dec. 20, 2022. Both teams visited the base where they received an interactive tour featuring static displays, exhibits, and demonstrations of MacDill’s units and mission partners,
Nov. 23, 2022
AMC leadership looks to the future during visit to MacDill AFB

Team MacDill welcomed Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, for a base tour Nov. 22, 2022.
Nov. 8, 2022
MacDill Airmen complete NORE

Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing participated in a Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise here Nov. 1-7.