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  • Master Sgt. Christopher Nguyen said the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Committee has helped him learn more about his Vietnamese and Polynesian heritage. Nguyen is a member of the 72nd Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month: Nguyen discovers Polynesian roots

    (Editor’s Note: These stories are part of a profile series celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Each year during Asian-Pacific American Heritage observance month, Tinker honors outstanding employees and military members who have made significant contributions to the Asian- Pacific American community. Qualities for each individual include leadership and job performance, significant self-improvement, community service).
  • Evan Lollis, with the 556th Software Engineering Squadron, lifts the jig and palm pieces of a prosthetic arm from the plate of a 3-D printer. Members of the squadron collaborated with students from Mount St. Mary's High School who are working with e-Nable Foundation, which offers 3-D printing of assistive devices for low income children with malformed hands and/or wrists. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    Tinker collaborates with local high school to 3D print assistive devices

    Debra Hogue with the 556th Software Maintenance Squadron was looking for different opportunities for her interns when she learned about a project the robotics team at Mount St. Mary Catholic High School in Oklahoma City is involved in.Hogue’s friend, Magi Whitaker, teaches in the science department at the school and also coaches the For Inspiration
  • Group photo showing members of the 552nd Air Control Wing with House and Senate members of the State of Oklahoma following a tour of an E-3G Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft May 16, 2019, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma legislatures learned about the E-3s systems and capabilities as the largest single unit at Tinker AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

    Photo: Oklahoma Legislative members visit Tinker

    Group photo showing members of the 552nd Air Control Wing with House and Senate members of the State of Oklahoma following a tour of an E-3G Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft May 16, 2019, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma legislatures learned about the E-3s systems and capabilities as the largest single unit at Tinker
  • 72nd Security Forces Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Tyrell Mayfield applauds runners as they cross the finish line of the Defender 5K May 14. The squadron recognized National Police Week with Reveille, golf and bowling tournaments, the 5K and a Memorial Service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    Photos: Police Week honors defenders, officers and K9s

  • Elementary students experience successful ‘Mission to Mars’

    Hill Air Force Base and Weber State University brought nearly 300 fifth-grade students from local elementary schools to the WSU campus to participate in the annual Mission to Mars link-up day May 2.Mission to Mars is sponsored by the Hill AFB STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Outreach Program and WSU’s College of Engineering, Applied

  • Air Force announces artificial intelligence research with MIT

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced a contract with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 20, focused on accelerating artificial intelligence technologies through fundamental research in computational intelligence, reasoning, decision-making, autonomy and relevant societal implications. The agreement includes selecting eleven
  • Chris Leak, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center senior functional for program managers and director of acquisition excellence and program execution, speaks to approximately 30 Hanscom employees impacted by his office’s training, policies and guidance May 16, 2019, at the Hanscom Conference Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

    Leak: swift hiring makes early adoption possible

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will require managers to fast-track hiring for some vacant acquisition positions, said the AFLCMC senior functional for program managers at a town hall here May 16.

  • Oklahoma City to Host America’s Navy

    Oklahoma’s “Big Friendly” readies for underway of Oklahoma City Navy Week, May 27 through June 2, in conjunction with the Star Spangled Salute Air Show. Historically, Navy Week events draw thousands of attendees to participate and create a dialogue between Sailors and local residents. The events are designed to raise awareness about the Navy in

  • May 20--Tinker Installation Commander has authorized LIBERAL LEAVE for ALL shifts

    The Tinker Installation Commander has authorized LIBERAL LEAVE for ALL shifts, beginning with 1st shift (Day), May 20, 2019.
  • A U.S. Air Force Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 507th Air Refueling Wing out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., takes off during Northern Edge, May 14, 2019, from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises in 2019 that prepares joint forces to respond to crises in the Indo-Pacific region

    Okies support joint exercise Northern Edge

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing joined approximately 10,000 U.S. military personnel participating in exercise Northern Edge 2019, a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces on and above the central Alaska ranges and the Gulf of Alaska May 13-24, 2019.
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