• Tinker teachers experience MacDill military life

    For the first time ever, Tinker K-8 teachers, administrators and Hillsborough County School Board members participated in an immersion tour of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, August 7, 2018.

  • MacDill youth learn to “defy” negativity, peer pressure

    Twenty service members assigned to U.S. Central Command mentored military youths at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, July 23 to August 4, 2018, as a part of the U.S. Navy’s Drug Education for Youth (D.E.F.Y) program. During the summer leadership program, children were mentored on goal setting,

  • Team MacDill tests the best for Phoenix Raven

    The Phoenix Raven program, established in February 1997, is a group of elite security forces members dedicated to providing security for Air Mobility Command aircraft transiting through high threat areas.

  • MacDill expands efforts to commemorate rich history

    Progress continues off the curve of North and South Boundary Blvd. expansions in the Memorial Park project on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.The project, which began in December, will display plaques and models of the bases’ various aircraft to commemorate the history of MacDill. Included in the

  • FUEL TANK: Team MacDill turns ideas into reality

    The 6th Air Mobility Wing commander, Col. April Vogel, hosted the first Fuel Tank event at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, June 27, 2018. Fuel Tank, much like the Air Force’s Spark Tank competition, called upon Airmen to pitch their innovative ideas to 6th AMW leadership.

  • MacDill contracting adopts new system to better serve joint family

    Change is inevitable, but sometimes change is for the best, especially when it means the ability to procure anything and everything -- from toilet paper to runway updates to KC-135 Stratotankers -- faster.The 6th Contracting Squadron is responsible for purchasing nearly everything on the

  • MacDill flies classroom for ROTC, USAFA cadets

    Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and U.S. Air Force Academy cadets flew aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Air Force as part of a flying classroom June 14, 2018 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

  • Cloud Services on the Way to MacDill AFB

    MacDill Air Force Base will migrate 6th Air Mobility Wing, except 6th Medical Group, 927th Air Refueling Wing and five other units computer users into the internet “Cloud” under a directive by the Air Force Space Command to realign resources to more critical priorities and outsourcing services such