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MacDill Air Force Base: History & Measurement

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.

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MacDill Air Force Base topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around MacDill Air Force Base.

Related topics
191
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
196
Extracted relationships
30
Concept neighborhoods
114
Bridge connections
196

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 115 topics
Role and operations · 39 topics
History · 33 topics
Incidents · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Department of Defense
Built
1939 (1939) (as Southeast Air Base, Tampa)
Condition
Operational
Controlled by
Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Current commander
Colonel Edward V. Szczepanik · Chief Raun M. Howell (command chief)
Elevation
14 feet (4 m) AMSL

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Role and operations

Incidents

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How MacDill Air Force Base connects Entity context

The extracted context around MacDill Air Force Base shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MacDill Air Force Base → Apr, December, Established, Field, January, May, Southeast Air Base, Tampa Another extracted example is MacDill Air Force Base → Flying, Geographically Separate Units, GSU, MacDill, Units. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MacDill Air Force Base

Top relations

related to Previous names · 8
MacDill Air Force Base → Apr, December, Established, Field, January, May, Southeast Air Base, Tampa
related to Based units · 5
MacDill Air Force Base → Flying, Geographically Separate Units, GSU, MacDill, Units
Current commander · 2
MacDill Air Force Base → Chief Raun M. Howell (command chief), Colonel Edward V. Szczepanik
Garrison · 2
MacDill Air Force Base → 6th Air Refueling Wing (Host), 927th Air Refueling Wing
Built · 1
MacDill Air Force Base → 1939 (1939) (as Southeast Air Base, Tampa)
Condition · 1
MacDill Air Force Base → Operational
Controlled by · 1
MacDill Air Force Base → Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Coordinates · 1
MacDill Air Force Base → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Elevation · 1
MacDill Air Force Base → 14 feet (4 m) AMSL
Identifiers · 1
MacDill Air Force Base → IATA: MCF, ICAO: KMCF, FAA LID: MCF, WMO: 747880

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

macdill air afb force command base aircraft wing squadron refueling tampa support operations reserve fighter kc-135r united arw states headquarters

MacDill Air Force Base relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 30 structured relationships around MacDill Air Force Base. Examples in this analysis include MacDill Air Force Base → Built → 1939 (1939) (as Southeast Air Base, Tampa) and MacDill Air Force Base → Condition → Operational. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MacDill Air Force BaseBuilt1939 (1939) (as Southeast Air Base, Tampa)1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseConditionOperational1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseControlled byAir Mobility Command (AMC)1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseCurrent commanderColonel Edward V. Szczepanik1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseCurrent commanderChief Raun M. Howell (command chief)1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseElevation14 feet (4 m) AMSL1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseGarrison6th Air Refueling Wing (Host)1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseGarrison927th Air Refueling Wing1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseIdentifiersIATA: MCF, ICAO: KMCF, FAA LID: MCF, WMO: 7478801.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseIn use1939–present1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseOperatorUS Air Force1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseOwnerDepartment of Defense1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseRunwaysRunways Direction Length and surface 05/23 11,421 feet (3,481 m) Asphalt1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseTypeUS Air Force Base1.00infobox
MacDill Air Force BaseWebsitemacdill.af.mil1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around MacDill Air Force Base bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Force, Macdill and Afb. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • MacDill Air Force Base
    • Force
    • Macdill
    • Afb
    • Base
    • Arw
    • Aircraft
    • Mobility
    • Operations
    • Support
    • Amw
    • Stratotanker
    • Wing
  • macdill air force base
    • Force
    • Refueling
    • Wing
    • Squadron
    • Macdill
    • Base
    • Command
    • Afb
    • Kc-135r
    • Arw
    • Aircraft
    • 6th
  • united states air force
    • United
    • Force
    • Refueling
    • Wing
    • Squadron
    • Macdill
    • Base
    • Command
    • Afb
    • Special
    • Kc-135r
    • Arw
  • tampa, florida
    • Center
    • Guard
    • States
    • United
    • National
    • Tampa
    • Squadron
    • Force
    • Joint
    • Group
    • Reserve
    • Fighter
  • u.s. army air corps
    • Force
    • Refueling
    • Wing
    • Squadron
    • Macdill
    • Afb
    • Kc-135r
    • Base
    • Command
    • Arw
    • 6th
    • Mobility
  • u.s. army air forces
    • Force
    • Refueling
    • Wing
    • Squadron
    • Macdill
    • Afb
    • Kc-135r
    • Base
    • Command
    • Arw
    • 6th
    • Mobility
  • strategic air command
    • Force
    • Refueling
    • Wing
    • Squadron
    • Macdill
    • United
    • States
    • Afb
    • Kc-135r
    • Base
    • Command
    • Arw
  • tactical air command
    • Force
    • Refueling
    • Wing
    • Squadron
    • Macdill
    • United
    • States
    • Afb
    • Kc-135r
    • Base
    • Command
    • Arw

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MacDill Air Force Base, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MacDill Air Force Base with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MacDill Air Force BaseOverview · splits 80 ⟂ 117
MacDill Air Force BaseRole and operations · splits 157 ⟂ 40
MacDill Air Force BaseHistory · splits 163 ⟂ 34
MacDill Air Force BaseIncidents · splits 192 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

MacDill Air Force Base

Nodes197
Edges196
Triples30
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010152
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MacDill Air Force Base to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MacDill Air Force Base · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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