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  • The men and women of the 6th AMW are a force capable of rapidly projecting air refueling power anywhere in the world. We are organized into five unique groups to carry out our mission to be America’s premier mobility team providing world-class air refueling, responsive airlift and airbase support to Headquarters U.S. Central Command, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command and 33 other mission partners that call MacDill home. Here's a quick look at the numbers.

    MacDill by the Numbers

    The men and women of the 6th AMW are a force capable of rapidly projecting air refueling power anywhere in the world. We are organized into five unique groups to carry out our mission to be America’s premier mobility team providing world-class air refueling, responsive airlift and airbase support to Headquarters U.S. Central Command, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command and 33 other mission partners that call MacDill home. Here's a quick look at the numbers.
  • Women's Health Transition Assistance Program

    MacDill launches program, assists military women in transition to civilian life

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is one of five sites participating in a new program called the Women’s Health Transition Pilot Program that launched in July 2018.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Quon Green, an entry controller assigned to the 6th Security Force Squadron, performs a pull up at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, July 17, 2018.

    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.
  • U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen with the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron transport a medical manikin at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., July 2, 2018.

    Joint, total force enhances MacDill EOD training

    For the first time, the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. used its semiannual training exercise as a foundation to become something more. The 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Joint Communication Support Element and the U.S. Army’s 5th General Support Aviation Battalion from Clearwater, Fla. joined the EOD team for a joint, total force training exercise, July 2, 2018.
  • M.I.A. Colonel returns to Florida from Vietnam

    After 52 years M.I.A., Colonel laid to rest in Florida

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – After volunteering to take another's place on a reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War, Col. Peter Stewart, an F-4C Phantom II pilot, was shot down and declared missing in action in March of 1966.
  • U.S. Air Force Cadet Lt. Col. Matthew Entner, a student of Detachment 643 at Cedarville University in Ohio, experiences what it feels like to be in the boom operator bod during a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refueling flight June 14, 2018 over the Eastern United States.

    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.
  • Honoring the brave: USSOCOM remembers D-Day

    Honoring the brave: USSOCOM remembers D-Day

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Imagine it’s the year 1944, being an 18 or 19-year-old kid preparing to engage in what is likely their first experience of war, being in an unfamiliar part of the world, where odds of survival are minimal.
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mandy Thorpe, right, lead inspection planner assigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing Inspector General office, reviews 6th Maintenance Squadron (MXS) unit type codes with Tech. Sgt. Patrick Polcari, center, 6th MXS unit deployment manager and Senior Airman Jean-Paul Mock, 6th MXS aircraft structural journeyman, left, during a Horizontal Inspection at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 30, 2018. This inspection is a wing-level program that verifies the readiness of multiple units.

    MacDill ensures readiness through Horizontal Inspection

    Various units within the 6th Air Mobility Wing completed an inspection at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 30, 2018.
  • Military members and their dependents pause for a group photo during the inaugural Military Track Day at Jennings GP in Jennings, Fla., May 11, 2018. The event built upon skills learned through Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses and applied them at realistic speeds in a controlled environment. (Photo by Preston Brown)

    Motorcycle safety in preparation for Critical Days of Summer

    Military members (active duty and reserve), government civilians and dependents participated in the inaugural Military Motorcycle Track Day at Jennings GP in Jennings, Florida, May 11, 2018. This first-time event built upon skills taught in various Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses at more realistic speeds in a controlled closed-course environment.
  • The Mt. Song Martial Arts Academy of Tampa performs a Chinese Lion Dance during the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., May 17, 2018. The Lion Dance is performed alongside a musician playing a large drum that follows the moves and roar of the lion. This performance is to bring peace and good fortune. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Perdue)

    MacDill celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Throughout the nation, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month is recognized during the month of May to pay tribute to the contributions of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to America’s history.
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