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PHOTO: AFA Annual Awards winners
The Air Force Association’s Gerrity Chapter held a breakfast at the Tinker Club on June 18 to honor its 2014 annual awards winners. Bottom row from left are: Airman of the Year, Senior Airman Dustin...
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PHOTO: Feds Feed Families
Senior Airman Gregory Everett, with the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks out pre-packaged bags of non-perishable food items which are available for purchase at the front entrance of the...
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Lt. Col. Goodson takes command of 72nd OSS
Lt. Col. John Goodson III speaks to members of the 72nd Operations Support Squadron after taking command of the squadron during a July 18 ceremony at the Tinker Club. Colonel Goodson, formerly the...
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PHOTO: Saluting the new 72nd MDG commander
Col. Jeannine Ryder gives her first salute to members of the 72nd Medical Group during the change of command ceremony Monday. Colonel Ryder replaces outgoing commander Col. Dean Prentice, right. Col....
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Tinker’s one-of-a-kind shop manages F107 engine
Work leader Mike Harris, 550th Commodities Maintenance Squadron, overhauls the F107 engine for the cruise missile to get it ready for testing. Tinker’s Cruise Missile Shop is the only one of its kind...
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PHOTO: Educating the workforce
Junior Force Council Operations officer Jeffrey Schmidt, right, talks to Tinker personnel about educational opportunities available to them during a JFC-sponsored career event Wednesday. Thirty-two...
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Tinker Reservists build hope, homes for impoverished Navajo
Six members of the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron perform earthwork with shovels and a backhoe at a home site on the Navajo Nation reservation in Gallup, N.M., in July. The team partnered with a local...
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Former 552nd ACW commander selected for promotion to four-star general
Lt. Gen. Lori Robinson A former 552nd Air Control Wing commander will soon be promoted to the Air Force’s highest rank and become the first female to command the Pacific Air Forces. The U.S. Senate...
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Strategic agility is the future of the Air Force
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James WASHINGTON (AFNS) — As the Air Force prepares for new challenges and opportunities of the coming decades, it faces sobering 21st-century realities: global...
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AWACS shines at RIMPAC
Staff Sgt. Robert Abbey, assigned to the 507th Security Forces Squadron at Tinker, guards an E-3 Sentry on July 20 on the flight line at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Security forces Airmen...
View Article513th sole AWACS support for RIMPAC 2014
More than 60 reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron returned home last week after a nearly two-week mission to support the Rim of the Pacific 2014...
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Mr. Allen takes over as the new AFSC executive director
Jeffrey Allen is the new executive director for the Air Force Sustainment Center and also a member of the Senior Executive Service. (Air Force photo by Kelly White) A career logistician has taken the...
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PHOTO: New LG director
Steve Alsup is the new director for the Air Force Sustainment Center’s Logistics Directorate. He was previously the director of the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing. Mr. Alsup says that he is...
View ArticleAir Force to change enlisted evaluations, promotions
WASHINGTON (AFNS) – Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31. The changes are intended to ensure the Air...
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CMSAF encourages Airmen on his recent visit to Tinker
Airman 1st Class Darnell Ellis with the 552nd Maintenance Group, right, greets Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody prior to an informal question and answer session with several Airmen...
View ArticleDSCM Teams are following the AFSC Way
Air logistics complex depot operations are as complex as they’ve ever been. To help deal with this complexity and achieve cost-effective readiness, the Air Force Sustainment Center commander and...
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Just do it! Armory makeover saves time, money
Staff Sgt. Michael Enerud retrieves a weapon from a new section of inventory in the Security Forces armory. He, along with the other SFS members who work there, took the initiative to reorganize the...
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Colonel Ruthardt assumes command of DLA Aviation OKC
Brig. Gen. Mark K. Johnson, left, passes the guidon to Col. Kenton Ruthardt, making him the new commander of DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City. Colonel Ruthardt assumed command during an Aug. 6 ceremony...
View ArticleAir Force activates Provisional Installation and Mission Support Center,...
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio — Air Force officials have announced the activation of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (Provisional) at Joint Base Andrews, Md., and named Maj. Gen....
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PHOTO: Team Tinker retreat
Members of the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron and others from the 552nd Air Control Wing stand at attention as the flag at the Wright Flyer is lowered during the inaugural Team Tinker Retreat...
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