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AFSC commander hosts leadership team for sustainment summit
Air Force Sustainment Center Public Affairs Leaders from around the Air Force Sustainment Center gathered at Tinker Air Force Base Jan. 29 and 30 for the AFSC Commanders Summit. The two-day session...
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KC-135 beam replacement expedited by Tinker units
Daisy Grant Staff Writer The recent discovery and repair of corrosion on a structurally-crucial part in 15 KC-135 Stratotankers, accomplished jointly by several units at Tinker Air Force Base, has...
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First KC-46 delivered to Air Force, Tinker designated as maintenance center
Daisy Grant Staff Writer A ceremony introducing the first KC-46A Pegasus delivered to the Air Force was held Jan. 25 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. With a primary function as an aerial refueling...
View ArticleCivilian Developmental Education offers opportunities to learn, grow
Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — With more than one-third of all Air Force civilians employed across the Air Force Materiel Command footprint, there’s a...
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507th SFS defenders return home
Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs A small group of Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron arrived at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma...
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Vanwey Dining Facility closing for updates
Daisy Grant Staff Writer The Vanwey Dining Facility, Bldg. 5905 at Tinker Air Force Base, will be closed Feb. 25 through Oct. 1 for structural repairs in preparation for future updates. John Noble,...
View ArticleKC-46 to arrive for combat training at Altus AFB Friday
507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Today, Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron will join the 97th Air Mobility Wing in accepting the new KC-46A Pegasus during a...
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Governor Stitt visits Tinker
The Honorable Kevin Stitt, governor of Oklahoma, center, was given a tour of Tinker Air Force Base and its various missions Feb. 1. Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland, left,...
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Female AF pioneer laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
Staff Sgt. Victoria H. Taylor Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON — Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Marcelite Jordan Harris was laid to rest Feb. 7, at Arlington National Cemetery in...
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The ‘Pegasus’ arrives for combat training
Lauren Gleason 507th Air Refueling Wing ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE — Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron at Altus Air Force Base, dignitaries and Air Force leaders accepted the...
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Photo: Partnership for freedom
From left, Jim Bligh, vice president of local chapter 916 of the American Federation of Government Employees, Col. Kenyon Bell, commander of the 72nd Air Base Wing, Carl Dahms, president of the local...
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Photos: Gen. Stephen Lyons tours OC-ALC
Daron Bender, left, 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron mechanic explains technical repairs to a trunnion of a KC-135 to Gen. Stephen Lyons, U.S. Transportation Command commander and Chief Master Sgt....
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AFSC Commander Shares Presidents Day Message
Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland Teammates, To celebrate the leadership of our first president, the 1885 Congress made George Washington’s birthday a national holiday. Today, we know it better as Presidents Day,...
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Base employee meets first responders who saved her life
Daisy Grant Staff Writer Shawnna Sanford, a storeroom clerk at Vanwey Dining Facility at Tinker Air Force Base, met the team of paramedics and Tinker Fire Department firefighters who responded Jan. 3...
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‘Spark Tank’ competition ignites innovative ideas
Kevan Goff-Parker Staff Writer Tinker Air Force Base’s Spark Tank Competition on Feb. 1 at the Tinker Club featured four individuals or groups, known as “sparkers,” who vied for $110,000 in 72nd Air...
View ArticleReflecting on bravery
Col. Kenyon K. Bell 72nd Air Base Wing commander This month we celebrate Black History Month. It was first observed by Presidential Proclamation in 1976. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of the...
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72nd SFS named AFMC’s “Best Large Security Forces Unit”
Staff Sgt. Rafe Holmes 72nd Security Forces Squadron Members of the 72nd Security Forces Squadron salutes as the flag is raised during the playing of Reveille, one of the events held during the 2018...
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PEVS system demonstrated for distinguished visitors
Daisy Grant Staff Writer A briefing and demonstration of the pre-emplaced electric vehicle stopper pilot program was held Feb. 13 at Tinker Air Force Base for distinguished visitors from the Air Force...
View ArticleAir Force formalizes policy on retention of non-deployable Airmen
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs ARLINGTON, Va. — In accordance with Department of Defense policy on military retention of non-deployable service members, the Air Force implemented its...
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Photo: Who am I? Who are they?
An event called “Who am I? Who are they?” was held Feb. 23 at the Tinker Youth Center. Approximately 50 parents and kids age 10 and up participated in a group discussion about SPARK and then split up...
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