TPA TWR CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING MIL PARACHUTE ACTIVITY AT MCF WITHOUT TIMELY COORD; REQUIRING ADDITIONAL CTLR WORKLOAD.

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A C130; DEPARTED MACDILL AFB (MCF) AT APPROX XA30 LCL ON AN IFR FLT PLAN TO PERFORM PARA-DROP ACTIVITY OVER MCF FROM 10000 FT. MCF IS DUE S OF TPA. THE PARA-DROP ACTIVITY WAS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH DEPS OFF OF TPA (TPA WAS ON A S OP). THIS ACTIVITY WAS NOT COORD WITH TPA CTLR PERSONNEL UNTIL AFTER THE FACT (IE; AFTER ACFT X DEPARTED MCF). THIS PLACED AN INCREASED WORKLOAD ON THE LCL CTL POS; AS WE IN THE TWR WERE DIRECTED TO TAKE DEPARTING ACFT OFF OF THE TPA 3 SID AND HAVE THEM EITHER FLY A 120 DEG OR 220 DEG HDG TO AVOID THE PARA-DROPS. THE LCL CTLR POS THEN HAD TO REDIRECT THE ELECTRONIC FLT STRIPS TO THE APPROPRIATE DEP SECTOR; IN ADDITION TO MODIFYING THE STARS TRACK INFO TO THE CORRECT SCOPE. THIS INCREASED 'HEADS DOWN' TIME ON A CRITICAL POS WHERE SCANNING THE RWY AND ARPT ENVIRONMENT IS A MUST. THIS ACTIVITY OCCURS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IS A SAFETY OF FLT HAZARD. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL AN INCIDENT/ACCIDENT OCCURS. THIS COULD ALL BE EASILY AVOIDED IF THE USAF AT MCF WOULD SIMPLY PERFORM PARA-DROP ACTIVITIES AT THE RESTR AREA E OF TPA; INSTEAD OF THE ARR/DEP CORRIDOR OF A BUSY ARPT. TO DO OTHERWISE IS LUDICROUS.