Story by Senior Airman Sterling Sutton | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 03.08.2025
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing participated in a Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise here March 6-9, 2025....
Story by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 02.15.2025
The 50th Air Refueling Squadron from the 6th Air Refueling Wing demonstrated their capability to refuel various fighter aircraft during exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1 at McClellan Airport in Sacramento, California, February 8-15, 2025....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Cook | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 07.26.2024
What began as a routine air refueling mission for a KC-135 tanker aircrew quickly took an unexpected turn when they received a last-minute radio call while taxiing for takeoff. Deployed in the Middle East, the crew was instructed to alter their flight path—signaling that the situation on the ground was about to escalate....
Story by Senior Airman Scott Warner | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 10.27.2020
Twenty-one members of the 50th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) returned home to MacDill Air Force Base, Oct. 18, 2020, after serving two months in a mass unit deployment at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar....
Story by Airman 1st Class Ryan Grossklag | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 03.03.2020
There’s a saying in the Air Force about refueling aircraft, something along the lines of nothing accomplishes mission success without tanker aircraft gas. This saying rings true in Tampa. Refueling aircraft such as MacDill Air Force Base’s KC-135 Stratotanker are vital to mission success and keeping other military aircraft flying all over the globe. Aboard the KC-135 on a......
Story by Airman 1st Class Ryan Grossklag | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 02.10.2020
Team MacDill was honored to host Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Simpson, the 18th Air Force command chief, Jan. 29 through Feb. 1....
Story by Airman 1st Class Scott Warner | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 02.12.2019
Team MacDill fueled Emerald Warrior 2019, a U.S. Special Operations Command sponsored total, joint tactical warfare training exercise, Jan. 14 to 25....
Story by Airman 1st Class Caleb Nunez | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 01.19.2018
“Welcome to the first 50th air refueling flight,” said Lt. Col. Ricardo Lopez, addressing the aircrew members around the table during the historical pre-flight mission brief....
