How can one military installation have two 75th anniversaries? At MacDill Air Force Base, that’s because the first planes flew out of the new airfield on April 16, 1940, according…
On Feb. 2, the Pentagon will submit its fiscal 2016 budget request to Congress. Defense News reporters teamed up with budget analytics firm
12/23/2015 – MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — For the first time during their tenure, the honorary commanders for the 6th Air Mobility Wing and 927th Air Refueling Wing were invited to attend an…
More than 140 members of the 433rd Airlift Wing took part in “Aloha Stampede,” a major training exercise in Hilo, Hawaii, May 14-19. Aloha Stampede was the first time the…
Ruth East of Valrico ran the 37th Aeromedical Evacuation Group (AEG) for about seven months in the early 1990s, after all its other officers were deployed to the Middle East…
Some 1,000 Pope Field, North Carolina, drilling reservists and 250 Air Force Reserve technicians will be forced to find new jobs in the Air Force as a result of the…
Covering the military and veterans in a place like the Tampa Bay area at a time of enduring conflict is never dull, and 2015 had plenty of interesting moments of…
Now that the four congressional committees charged with overseeing military spending have publicly offered their plans for fiscal 2016, troops and military retirees have a clearer picture of the potential…
Six years into his presidency, President Barack Obama is planning to finally submit his budget request to Congress on time—meaning the week of Feb. 2 this year. In it, he…