{"id":196687,"date":"2026-03-18T18:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196687\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:16:12","slug":"macdill-air-force-base-in-tampa-under-shelter-in-place-order-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196687\/","title":{"rendered":"MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa under shelter-in-place order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Editor\u2019s note: This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The home of U.S. Central Command is currently under a shelter-in-place order, according to MacDill Air Force Base\u2019s social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the Wednesday post, a threat was made against the Tampa-based location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe take all threats seriously and are taking appropriate measures to prioritize the safety and security of our installation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MacDillAirForceBase\/posts\/pfbid0276GHbrQvTWxWD4vGysN2oacJpWecJpLvNiNoZA6HRxzLLVE3F9SJMHFu3zuennbAl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a MacDill Facebook post reads.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;a MacDill Facebook post reads.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">a MacDill Facebook post reads.<\/a> \u201cAs a matter of policy, we will not release specifics on what security measures have been implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shelter-in-place order comes days after a suspicious device was found at the visitors center at the Dale Mabry Gate on Monday, causing traffic to be diverted to the Bayshore Gate, according to a local NBC outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Monday\u2019s incident, MacDill raised its security level to FPCON CHARLIE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis posture allows us to implement deliberate security measures proactively,\u201d the base said on social media earlier this week. \u201cAll personnel should remain vigilant, follow the direction of security forces, and report any suspicious activity immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The base, home of CENTCOM, has been leading the United States\u2019 military campaign against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, since the U.S. and Israel began their joint offensive on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: This is a developing story. The home of U.S. Central Command is currently under a shelter-in-place&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[91255,91256,18341,65886,27859,6097,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-196687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-dale-mabry-gate","tag-editors-note","tag-macdill-air-force-base","tag-security-measures","tag-shelter-in-place","tag-social-media","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}