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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 .
The United States Marine Corps Forces Central Command is headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. The Marine Corps Force Central Command is responsible for all Marine Corps Forces in the United States Central Command, except for those assigned to the U.S. Special Operations Command, and Special Operations Command, Central Command.
Shield Major Command Headquarters Current Commander Mission Air Combat Command (ACC): Langley AFB, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, U.S.: Gen Kenneth S. Wilsbach: To support the global implementation of national security strategy, ACC operates fighter, reconnaissance, battle-management, and electronic-combat aircraft
An Army officer briefs Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left, foreground) on counter-ISIL social media activities at MacDill AFB, June 2018. U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Elements of other Unified Combatant Commands, especially United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), operate in the CENTCOM area.
In 1961 the United States Strike Command (STRICOM) was established at MacDill Air Force Base as a unified combatant command capable of responding to global crises. The name of the command was originally derived from the acronym for Swift Tactical Reaction In Every Known Environment (STRIKE). [1]
HHC and B Company were deployed in Kuwait and Iraq between February 2003 and April 2004, before being inactivated a month later on 15 May 2004 at Ft. Eustis. The 159th Aviation Regiment was redesignated to the same company on 1 October 2005 before it was redesignated again a year later 16 October 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company ...
Fort Myer, VA The Pentagon, VA: AFCC: 1 Feb 1986 8 Jul 1989: 8 Jul 1989 c. 1992: Redesignated 1 Nov 1986. [64] 1804th AACS Wing: Elmendorf AFB, AK: MATS: 1 Oct 1953: 1 Nov 1957: Was 1804th AACS Group. Redesignated Alaskan AACS Region. [62] [65] 1805th AACS Wing: Pepperell AFB, Canada: MATS: 1 Oct 1953: 1 Nov 1957: Was 1805th AACS Group ...
The Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) is a sub-unified command of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). [2] It is responsible for planning special operations throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR), planning and conducting peacetime joint/combined special operations training exercises, and orchestrating command and control of peacetime and wartime special operations as ...