965th AACS welcomes new commander

Lt. Col. Jimmy Warren took command of the 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron March 23. Colonel Warren was formerly the director of operations for the 552nd Operations Support Squadron. Colonel Warren took over the Golden Falcons with the departure of Lt. Col. Andreas Forstner. The change of command

Demolition Day

Electrical accessories shop keeps Air Force flying

Exciters, fuel nozzles and thrust actuators, oh my. In a given day, more than 150 different aircraft components circulate through the 552nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron's Electrical Accessories Shop. By month's end, nearly 830 repaired, overhauled and tested parts are returned to customers or

FSO readies for changes

Tinker AFB is preparing to move the Financial Services Office back-shop processing to the Air Force Financial Services Center at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., April 27. The migration is part of the Financial Management community's implementation of the new Financial Services Delivery Model. The FSO will

Finalists announced for Team Tinker Annual civilian awards April 25

Tickets are still available for the Team Tinker Civilian of the Year and Wiley Post Civilian Leadership Awards Banquet April 25 at the Reed Convention Center in Midwest City. Organizational ticket monitors are selling tickets until April 15. All finalists for the Team Tinker Civilian of the Year

Tinker honored with four Air Force A1 awards

AF/A1 recently released the A1 Annual Awards and Tinker received four of the 16 wins doled out in AFMC: ·Equal Opportunity Program of the Year (Large Base): Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center ·Manpower and Organization Program of the Year (Large Base): 72nd Force Support Squadron ·Resource

EN and AFGLSC awards

Outstanding scientists, engineers, technicians and technical managers from both the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and the Air Force Global Logistics Center recently won recognition at the Annual Engineering and Technical Management Awards ceremony. The OC-ALC winners will compete at Command

Tinker to celebrate military children

A military child is a special individual who endures a lifestyle of constant change. More than 1.7 million American children under the age of 18 have at least one parent serving in the military. The month of April is designated as a time to applaud them for their resiliency and courage. Throughout

Chaplain’s Corner: There! How was that?

A couple of F-15s are escorting a C-130 Hercules. The F-15 pilots chat with the pilot of the transport to pass the time. Talk comes around to the relative merits of their respective aircraft. The fighter pilots contend that their airplanes are better because of their superior speed, maneuverability,

New spouses learn military life through Heart Link program

Are you a military spouse who has been "married" to the military for five years or less? Does your spouse use strange acronyms you don't understand? When they are in uniform and with a group of other military members do they stand up when specific people walk into a room? Why do they salute a car or