MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

MacDill Air Force Base
Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Located near: Tampa, Florida
MacDill AFB KC-135R over Tampa Bay and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Coordinates	27°50′58″N 082°31′16″W / 27.84944°N 82.52111°W / 27.84944; -82.52111 (MacDill AFB)
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1939–1941
In use	1941–present
Garrison information
Garrison	6th Air Mobility Wing

Airfield information
IATA: MCF ICAO: KMCF FAA LID: MCF
Summary
Elevation AMSL	14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	27°50′58″N 082°31′16″W / 27.84944°N 82.52111°W / 27.84944; -82.52111Coordinates: 27°50′58″N 082°31′16″W / 27.84944°N 82.52111°W / 27.84944; -82.52111
Website	www.macdill.af.mil
Map
KMCF Location of MacDill Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 11,421 3,481 Asphalt
Sources: official site and FAA

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 Mobility Wing (6 AMW), assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force (18AF) of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). The 6 AMW is commanded by Colonel April Vogel and the wing's Command Chief Master Sergeant is CMSgt Sarah Sparks.

The 6 AMW at MacDill AFB operates 16 KC-135R Stratotankers and three C-37A Gulfstream V aircraft, providing day-to-day mission support to more than 3,000 personnel in its immediate command, along with more than 50 mission partners comprising over 12,000 additional personnel, to include the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), United States Marine Forces Central Command (USMARCENT), and United States Special Operations Command Central (USSOCCENT).

The 6 AMW also has a collocated Air Force Reserve "Associate" wing at MacDill, the 927th Air Refueling Wing (927 ARW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). The 6 AMW and the 927 ARW operate and share the same assigned KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft.