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  • Author Claire Foltz, in disguise as "Fannie Francis", talks with Megan Olsen during "Operation Story Tag" during the Yellow Ribbon Conference. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Shane Huff).

    Making the Moment! Yellow Ribbon Program

    This weekend approximately 550 military personnel, spouses, and children attended a Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Yellow Ribbon event at the Shades of Green resort in Orlando, Fla. The theme for this joint event was "Making the Moment!" as four reserve wings from Duke Field, Homestead Air Reserve Base, MacDill Air Force Base, and Patrick
  • Patients await transport at the Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility at Port-au-Prince International Airport in Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo/unknown)

    Operation Unified Response - A Look Back

    From 16 January to 19 March 2010, Lieutenant Colonel Carolyn C. Newhouse, Commander of the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadon (AES), was acting Commander of the Command & Control Center (CCC) out of MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The CCC ran 24hr operations to send and receive aeromedical crews to the Port-au-Prince International Airport in Haiti to
  • Staff Sgt. Cutler (center) reviewing an aerial map before a mission with fellow aircrew members. (U.S. Air Force Photo by unknown/circa 1945)

    MacDill loses a great friend and patriot

    Thursday marked the passing of longtime friend, and former servicemember, of MacDill Air Force Base, Mr. Robert "Bob" Cutler.  Bob was the honorary Command Chief for the 927th Air Refueling Wing and a staunch supporter of the armed forces stationed here in the greater Tampa Bay community.  I first met Bob just over a year ago when he was inducted
  • Members of the 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron train in their chemical protective gear during an exercise at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. March 5, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Denise Hauser)

    ORI, what is it all about?

    This will be my first time participating in an Operational Readiness Inspection, better known as an ORI. I have found out that I am not alone in this learning curve of what an ORI is about and what is expected of me as a participant. In talking with members from around our wing, it seems that there is a mix of experienced and non-experienced
  • Charles Lynch, an electronics engineer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, releases a dropsonde from a hatch in a WP-3D Orion weather research aircraft into the Gulf of Mexico during an observation flight June 25, 2010. The dropsondes measure atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed and direction. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anna-Marie Wyant)

    NOAA keeps watchful eye over Gulf of Mexico

    A crew from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aircraft Operations Center here conducted its eighth mission Friday to monitor oceanic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP oil spill that has been growing since April. The flight on a WP-3D Orion aircraft covered an area of more than 50,000 square miles, dropping 58
  • Johnny Martinez (right) shows off his Certificate of Appreciation for being a supportive employer while standing next to his part-time employee Master Sgt. Johnny Pullen in the 927th Air Refueling Wing Headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. June 18, 2010. Pullen, a boom operator with the 63rd Air Refueling Squadron, nominated Martinez for the award, which was presented as part of an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve bosslift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anna-Marie Wyant)

    ESGR bosslift first flight ever for local employer

    Approximately 30 local employers and four representatives for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve took a flight on a KC-135 Stratotanker with a 927th Air Refueling Wing crew here today as part of an ESGR Bosslift. The three-hour flight took the passengers over the Atlantic coast of Florida to demonstrate refueling a C-17 Globemaster III from
  • Capt. Brandon Gillet, 91st Air Refueling Squadron, answers questions from Civil Air Patrol cadets about the KC-135 Stratotanker during a tour at MacDil Air Foece Base, Fla. June 16, 2010. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Shane Huff)

    Florida Civil Air Patrol cadets visit MacDill

    Ten Civil Air Patrol cadets and four senior members from the Naples Cadet Squadron toured a KC-135R Stratotanker at MacDill Air Force Base today.  The purpose of their visit was to expose cadets to an Air Force base and to see a KC-135 up close. Members of the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 91st Air Refueling Squadron gave cadets a tour
  • Capt. Craig Romero, a physician's assistant with the 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., checks a Dominican patient during MEDRETE 2010 Dominican Republic on May 24, 2010. A team of 39 medical specialists from Air Force Reserve Command is providing medical care to four towns in the Puerto Plata region of the country. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance C. Babin)

    MacDill Reservists provide medical care in Dominican Republic

    A team of 39 medical specialists from the Air Force Reserve arrived here May 24 as part of the Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) 2010 Dominican Republic. During their two weeks of training on the island, the Air Force Reservists will provide free medical care to the local population at four locations in the Puerto Plata region. They
  • Master Sgt. Scott A. Balderstone of the 927th Security Forces Squadron receives a warm welcome home from his son, Justin, upon returning to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., after a five-month deployment to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, May 30, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anna-Marie Wyant)

    927th ARW welcomes security forces squadron home from Iraq

    Thirteen Airmen from the 927th Security Forces Squadron returned here Sunday after a five-month deployment to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Airmen were greeted on the flight line by Col. David P. Pavey, 927th ARW commander, Col. Gerald E. Vowell, 927th Mission Support Group commander, Chief Master Sgt.
  • Staff Sgt. Jonathan Desmond (left) and Staff Sgt. Ian Spivey, dog handlers with the 6th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dogs section, stand with Dena and Rex, two of the squadron’s explosives-detecting canines after a training demonstration at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. May 21, 2010. The 6th SFS/MWD section has nine explosives-detecting dogs and two narcotics-detecting dogs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anna-Marie Wyant)

    Military Working Dog Team Support Association visits 6th Security Forces K-9 unit

    Five members of the Military Working Dog Team Support Association visited the 6th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dogs section here today. The MWDTSA members toured the K-9 training facility and kennels and watched a demonstration of how the dogs are used to help catch criminals and enemies and find explosives or narcotics. MWDTSA is an
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