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  • MacDill Hosts Tactical Combat Care Course Preparing Medics For War

    Pamela Ward is used to making life-and-death decisions.As a Hillsborough County Fire and Rescue Department rescue lieutenant, she is responsible for directing the medical personnel at the scene of an injury. She never anticipated having to make life and death decisions under fire.Yet, that is

  • Leadership Tampa Bay strengthens community bonds while touring MacDill

    The 927th Air Refueling Wing hosted 44 members of Leadership Tampa Bay on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. June 6, 2013.Leadership Tampa Bay is an organization dedicated to educating and growing ambassadors through a year-long exposure to Tampa's education, arts, transportation, tourism and government

  • 927th Medical Teams Train To Save Lives

    With a gaping wound on her side, Senior Airman Vanessa Villanueva, 927th Aeromedical Staging Training Squadron medical material apprentice, smiled as she lay cheerfully on her litter."I'm Justin Beiber. I fell off the stage," she said.Luckily, the wound wasn't serious -it was only plastic.

  • Members of the 927th AMDS provide support to Oklahoma Disaster Victims

    On June 5, 2013 the 927th Aerospace Medicine Squadron donated $700 dollars to the American Red Cross for victims of the Oklahoma tornado that caused 24 deaths on May 20, 2013."The tornado hit close to home. Our commander and deputy commander are both from that area. We were worried about them and

  • Family,Ccommunity, Service: Fifth Deployment for 927th Squadron Commander

     A parent never forgets their child's first steps. For Maj. Bret Wedding, 927th Logistical Readiness Squadron commander, the memory is bittersweet. His 1-year-old daughter Lorelei's first steps were to hand him an American flag as he left for war."It's a serious business, serving my country," said

  • 927th Family Day Rocks MacDill's Beach

    "Click-click-click-click-click ... click ... click ... click." The staccato sound of a spinning prize wheel slowly grinding to a halt kept a young lady spellbound as she waited to find out which reward would be hers.The young lady, Erin Jones, 5, was one of more than 1,500 927th Air Refueling Wing

  • 2013 Leadership Teen Summit Now Accepting Applications

    If you are the son or daughter of an Air Force Reservist, take heed: the Air Force Reserve/Air National Guard Teen Leadership Summit opened its application process until April 15.  This year, the two locations for the week-long summit are Dahlonega, Ga., and Estes Park, Colo., ensuring teens from

  • Cadets get BDUs courtesy of 927th ARW

    The Civil Air Patrol 89th MacDill Aviation Cadet Squadron was presented with 50 sets of woodland style BDUs by Col. Douglas Schwartz, 927th Air Refueling Wing commander, in the Air Traffic Control tower at MacDill Air Force Base March 12.Members of the 927th Force Support Squadron Honor Guard

  • Parents watch son enlist live via skype

    Last week family members gathered both in person and electronically to watch trainee Christian Lopez enlist in the U.S. Air Force Reserve."I am very proud of my brother joining the reserves and feel it's a great step for his development as a young man", said U.S. Air Force reservist Tech. Sgt.

  • AFRC announces 2012 media contest results - 927th wins series category

    Two reservists won more than three individual awards in the 2012 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest. Their work, along with other qualifying entries, advanced to the Air Force Media Contest in San Antonio, Texas.Staff Sgt. Brent Skeen, a broadcaster from the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base