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MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) (IATA: MCF, ICAO: KMCF, FAA LID: MCF) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida. The "host wing" for MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW), assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of the Air Mobility Command .
In 1996 a Marine Liaison Office was opened at CENTCOM headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, being known as MARCENT, and in 1999 this office was upgraded to Headquarters Marine Corps Forces Central Command. At this point the Deputy Commander of MARFORPAC was responsible for overseeing MARCENT.
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio (1 July 1947 – 1 December 1948, 10 July 1968 – 31 August 1971) 332d Fighter Group (1947–1948) 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (1968–1971) Luke AFB, Arizona (1 July 1958 – 1 June 1992) 405th Tactical Training Wing; MacDill AFB, Florida (1 July 1962 – 1 June 1992) 12th Fighter Wing (1962–1975) 15th Fighter Wing ...
Detachment 1, 1150th USAF Special Activities Squadron, also known as "Communications Support Element" or CSE, was subordinate to USSTRICOM and operated from MacDill AFB. CSE was about a 50–50 mix of Air Force and Army personnel.
Home to the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Air Force Safety Center and Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. The 58th Special Operations Wing and the New Mexico Air National Guard's 150th Special Operations Wing train special operations crews to operate the CV-22B Osprey , HC-130J Combat King II , MC-130J Commando II , HH-60G ...
Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989 (McConnell AFB section) Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9 ...
ITT Exelis wins $788 million contract to operate and protect critical U.S. military networks in Southwest and Central Asia COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ITT Exelis (NYS: XLS) has been ...
After Hurricane Andrew battered Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, its three F-16 fighter squadrons (307th, 308th, and 309th) dispersed to Moody AFB and Shaw AFB for an interim period. In 1994, the 308th and 309th transferred to Luke and expanded the 56th to become the largest fighter wing in the Air Force.