MacDill Air Force Base News

A huge new project means hundreds of guaranteed jobs in Tampa Bay, both for the next few years and for years to come.

Col. Mark A. Cooter assumed command of the 497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group at a ceremony here on Thursday, July 2nd.

Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Laufer shown in complete 'battle dress' in her deployed location in Iraq.

Maj. George Clifford greets a Honduran boy after his aerial demonstration at an airshow June 20 at San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

A proposed law aimed at boosting the spirits of troops deployed downrange or laid up in hospitals has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, but it still has some hurdles to clear before it becomes law.

Col. Kenneth Echternacht's change of command ceremony commemorated more than a promotion.

While Holly Petraeus ' husband, Gen. David Petraeus, runs the U.S. Central Command overseeing operations in 20 countries, she holds down the home front on MacDill Air Force Base.

Staff Sgt. Andrew Palmer, Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team telephone maintenance specialist, performs routine maintenance on a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle May 30 at Forward Operating Base Fenley-Shields, Afghanistan.

A former Paxton man accused in local lawsuits and bankruptcy cases of conning close friends and associates out of millions of dollars through bogus business deals has surfaced on Florida's Gulf Coast passing himself off as a two-star general in the U.S. Air Force.

Four foreign soldiers were killed and dozens of Afghans, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed in two days of violence across insurgency-hit Afghanistan, authorities said Saturday.

THE target may be in Iraq or Afghanistan, but if a US air attack risks killing civilians the decision to strike is taken by leaders at this military base in sunny Tampa, Florida.

Enhances state and local economies by safeguarding Florida's 20 military installations and defense industry EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Governor Charlie Crist today visited Eglin Air Force Base to sign House Bill 7123, relating to military base closures, to create the Florida Council on Military Base Mission Support.

The audit points to a Command at MacDill Air Force Base. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are being controlled by Central Command at MacDill Air Force base in Tampa.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced the following one-star and two-star flag moves Monday: * Rear Adm.

Commercial fisherman Solomon Rodney snared an 8-foot missile while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico last month.

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 14:41. Rodney Salomon-Prudo ensnared a rusted supersonic AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking missile while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico late last month.

A Navy Capt. Paul B. Becker has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral .

The Air Force recently announced the following general officer moves: * Maj. Gen. Johnny A. Weida will replace Maj.

When ordnance experts gathered at a remote section of MacDill Air Force Base Tuesday morning, it was so quiet you could hear the birds chirping.

MacDill Air Force Base officials are investigating where a live heat seeking air to air missile came from and how it ended up on a fisherman's boat in the middle of the Gulf.