July 8, 2022 Lightning in five! How MacDill operates in ‘The Lightning Capital of the United States’ MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- When you think of Tampa Bay, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it MacDill? The hot and humid weather? Or is it the electrifying thunderstorms that feel like clockwork during the summer months?
Jan. 13, 2022 SATAF visit prepares for KC-46 arrival A Site Activation Task Force arrived Jan. 10 to help plan the arrival of the KC-46 Pegasus aircraft.
June 11, 2021 CSAF, CMSAF visit MacDill Airmen The top brass and leaders of the Department of the Air Force, the Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, held an all call with Airmen and Guardians at the base theater, June 11.
Nov. 13, 2020 Spill response team protects environment MacDill’s role in the environment isn’t taken lightly, and the base continually stresses the importance of keeping the environment clean. To ensure the base complies with all environmental laws and regulations, MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida has developed the Environmental Element Flight
Feb. 10, 2020 Tribute to fallen MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Team MacDill members paid tribute to Maj. Raymond Estelle, a former 6th Communications Squadron chief of maintenance, by participating in the 6th annual 5K run and weightlifting competition here, Jan. 31, 2020.
June 11, 2019 MacDill firefighters, "Cable Dogs" save lives MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Last summer, the Air Force suffered the loss of a civil engineer squadron Airman who was operating around an entry to a confined space in a deployed location. U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. John J. Allen the director of civil engineers, ordered that all civil engineer
March 11, 2019 STEAM day fuels, inspires thousands MacDill Air Force Base opened its hangar doors for more than 2,300 students for the second annual Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) Day, March 8, 2019.
Nov. 10, 2018 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
June 19, 2018 After 52 years M.I.A., Colonel laid to rest in Florida MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – After volunteering to take another's place on a reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War, Col. Peter Stewart, an F-4C Phantom II pilot, was shot down and declared missing in action in March of 1966.
June 6, 2018 Honoring the brave: USSOCOM remembers D-Day MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Imagine it’s the year 1944, being an 18 or 19-year-old kid preparing to engage in what is likely their first experience of war, being in an unfamiliar part of the world, where odds of survival are minimal.