The Tampa Bay Area has a huge military community with MacDill Air Force Base in South Tampa. That is also the headquarters of CENTCOM which is responsible for operations in the Middle East.

Most of the planning and coordination for the Air Force's strikes on nuclear sites in Iran was run out of Tampa. MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa is the home of U.S. Central Command, which directs ...

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa played a significant role in Operation Midnight Hammer, ...

Sarasota County Unexploded WWII bomb found on Englewood Beach, taken into MacDill Air Force Base MacDill Air Force Base officials say they responded to the scene along with Sarasota County Bomb Squad.

U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa has been a critical piece of America's national defense operations. [ SUSAN WALSH | Associated Press ] ...

View photos of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rookies visiting MacDill Air Force Base on Monday, June 16, 2025. Yaya Diaby Lauded by PFF, Tristan Wirfs and Antoine Winfield Jr.

Iran’s missile attack against the Al Udeid U.S. Air Force base in Qatar reveals an inconvenient fact: The U.S. base there is ...

The rusty piece of ordnance turned out to be an unexploded World War II era practice bomb, a spokesperson for MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa told McClatchy News on June 16.

The Sarasota Bomb Squad and MacDill Air Force Base’s Explosive Ordnance team removed the device, which was determined to be inactive.

Tampa was at the heart of the secret bombing campaign that hit three Iranian nuclear facilities. Home to MacDill Air Force base and U.S. Central Command, CentCom, military officials in Tampa ...

As the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan—the self-ruled island that China has threatened to take by force—the Pentagon plans to ...