MacDill Air Force Base News

It doesn't matter if it's the sanctuary at Stockton's Second Baptist Church or a prefabricated metal building at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan's Parwan province.

Staff Sgt. Arthur Bigelow assists Iraqi police explosive ordnance disposal technicians get a team member into a bomb suit during a training scenario conducted by Air Force EOD members Nov.

For the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, MacDill Air Force Base officials opened the waters surrounding the military base so the public could fish and boat in the restricted area.

After 31 years in remission, cancer struck the Rev. Scott Taylor, founder of Good News Global Ministries, in 2008.

The shootings at Ft. Hood are top of mind for almost everyone on and around MacDill Air Force Base.

In an act of violence that sent shock waves through the American military establishment and raised questions about base security, an Army psychiatrist armed with two handguns opened fire Thursday afternoon on the grounds of Fort Hood, the country's largest military base.

The body of Plant City soldier Eric Lembke arrived at MacDill Air Force Base this afternoon aboard a Dassault Falcon 20 jet.

According to retired Col. Mike Pheneger, who spent 30 years as a military intelligence officer including five years at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, said United States intelligence should be focusing on why suspected Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan did what he did.

Officials at MacDill Air Force Base, home to Central Command and Special Operations Command, are not talking about what, if any, additional security measures they are taking after today's shootings at Fort Hood.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will lead a full escort on Thursday for the procession carrying the casket of U.S. Army Spec.

Many veterans from all over South County, south into Manatee, and east as far as Lakeland wanted a chapter closer to home.

As Col. Dennis Beatty walks through MacDill Air Force Base's new $104 million, state-of-the-art medical facility, he sometimes catches himself using a word that is forbidden.

The medical center that has served MacDill Air Force Base personnel, retirees and their families since 1956 has been replaced by a $104 million state-of-the-art facility.

The U.S. military's Special Operations Command Central held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new headquarters in Tampa this morning at MacDill Air Force Base.

When the MacDill Air Force Base decided to"streamline" its daily operations, it turned to the USF College of Business Administration for help, said Lorie Briggs, director of Communications and External Relations for COBA.

A former MacDill Air Force Base sergeant once charged with murdering his wife will not have records of the arrest destroyed a ' at least not now.

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 7:26 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 7:26 p.m. MULBERRY Beth Clark makes an endearing first impression: all warm smiles, wide-eyed energy and overachiever resolve.

This city's next police chief might come from Bradenton or Dallas or Detroit. Or he might come from Clearwater.

One way to get fathers to go to school with their children is to promise them doughnuts.

The Air Force Chief of Staff on Friday announced new assignments for two general officers.