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)

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  • No off season: Hurricane Hunters fly winter storms too

    The United States Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, more affectionately known as the Hurricane Hunters, is most well-known for doing the unfathomable—flying at 10,000 feet, sometimes less, through major tropical systems, storms and hurricanes to collect useful

  • Lunch and Learning About Your Credit

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (January 05, 2019) — Members from across the wing gathered for a lunch and learn during the unit training assembly, Jan. 5, 2019 at the 927th Air Refueling Wing Headquarters here.Tom Valeri, a branch manager with Crediteaze Financial Services, served as the guest speaker

  • Florida Wing Civil Air Patrol Visits MacDill AFB

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (January 05, 2019)—The 927th Air Refueling Wing here, hosted a refueling mission for more than a dozen Florida Wing Civil Air Patrol Cadets from different squadrons across the Tampa Bay area on January 05 to experience MacDill AFB.The Civil Air Patrol program allows

  • Uniform code of military justice changes

    Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Military Justice Act of 2016 will instate the most reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial in decades, modernizing dated aspects of the military justice system while also providing transparency.

  • Honor, Emotion and Brotherhood

    A group of 25 Veterans embarked on an all-expense paid, emotion-provoking journey to the memorials in Washington, D.C. Each of whom would be given the opportunity to pay their respects to fallen brothers and sisters, reminisce of younger years and exchange stories of their time in the military from

  • Latest OCP guidance OKs current subdued patches

    Latest Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform guidance OKs current subdued patches Airmen wearing OCP uniforms are authorized to add their former Battle Dress Uniform subdued patches until the mandatory brown subdued ones go into effect.