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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  • Rebuilding Tyndall: Keesler team helps restore base communications

    Total devastation. No power. No running water. The scene on the ground at Tyndall Air Force Base was a grim, 'post-apocalyptic' one when a five man team from Keesler's 85th Engineering Installation Squadron arrived in mid-October, just days after Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Gulf

  • ARPC hosts ARC Field Training

    About 50 Guard and Reserve members gathered here at Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center for an Air Reserve Component Field Orientation Course Nov. 7, 2018. This course leverages the expertise of ARPC subject matter experts and covers a wide variety of topics to include point credit,

  • Reservists credit teamwork in lifesaving mission

    As if by fate, a weather delay in Germany allowed a group of reservists to embark on a challenging 22-and-a-half-hour mission to help save a fellow service member. On Nov. 3, 2018, a C-17 aircrew from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, who’s mission heading home from Germany was

  • Deployed Airman Returns Home to Meet First Child

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLA--When Staff Sgt. Kyle Snodgrass, 927th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron technician, touched down at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., He couldn’t wait to formally introduce himself to his newborn baby. Snodgrass was present in the delivery room when his son Griffin was born by

  • Political Do's and Don'ts

    As elections approach, it is important to remember that as a military member you are encouraged and expected to be responsible and politically conscious citizens. However, your active participation in political activities is not without limitations. Federal law and Air Force Instruction 51-902

  • Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program 2018-19

    It’s that time of the year again! Peak flu season is upon us and Air Force personnel are required to get their annual flu shot before Dec. 31.Individual Reservists must receive their flu vaccination, either from their servicing MTF or a civilian provider. Vaccinations from Military Treatment

  • Reserve maintainers take part in Air Force light attack experiment

    Senior Master Sgt. Scott Lopez, the maintenance superintendent for the 476th Maintenance Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and Tech. Sgt. Lauren Camarena, an electrical and environmental systems craftsman with the 476 MXS, travelled to Holloman AFB, N.M., for two months in the spring of 2018 to

  • Former NFL coach talks resiliency

    Tony Dungy, former head coach of Super Bowl champions and a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, spoke about resiliency and its correlation to suicide prevention to service members at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 24, 2018.