U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 63rd Air Refueling Squadron and the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron respond to an alert call during a Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, May 3, 2025. The Air Force maintains and validates high standards of readiness through periodic inspections required by the nuclear mission, such as the NORI. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

927 ARW News

News Search

  • Tampa Buccaneers Visit 927th Troops Aboard MacDill

    The Tampa Buccaneers recently sent a group of players and cheerleaders for a pep rally here. The rally came on the same day the 6th Air Mobility Wing and the 927th Air Refueling Wing received the news that they passed the Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection, which took months to prepare for. 

  • Regional Yellow Ribbon Program kicks off in The Big Easy

    Air Force Reserve Command kicked off its first regional Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program this weekend at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel, inviting Reservists going to or returning from deployment to attend with their families.The Yellow Ribbon Program was initiated by the Secretary of

  • The Difference Between Night And Day

    Thirty-Three thousand feet in the air is no place to be in the dark. Yet, for the last 50 years, that is exactly what the crews of the KC-135 had to contend with. For the medics and doctors of the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, being able to see their patients aboard this aircraft is

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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