Officials at MacDill AFB, Fla., are predicting that the construction boom at the home of US Central Command, US Special Operations Command, and Air Mobility Command’s 6th Air Mobility Wing will see the “biggest spurt of growth” next fiscal year. Base journalist Nick Stubbs reports that the base will spend about $193 million in 2008 on new construction and improvements, including a 96-room dormitory, new PharmaCare facility, and expansions for CENTCOM and SOCOM, which have been in the works for awhile. The building boom also includes facilities to house Air Force Reserve Command’s 927th Air Refueling Wing, moving from Michigan. The base also is getting some new housing.
The Space Force relies entirely on data—but it lacks the systems and tools to analyze and share that data properly even within the service, let alone with international partners, officials said May 1.