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  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Staff Sgt. Kimberly Kepple

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Staff Sgt. Kimberly KeppleStaff Sgt. Kimberly Kepple serves in the 72nd Security Forces Squadron.The Fayetteville, North Carolina, native enjoys reading and watching TV in her spare time.Providing security to the base and patrolling make up the main duties of her job, but she

  • Daily Update: 12 May 2020

    For 12 May, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest COVID-19 confirmed case is a civilian employee assigned to 76 AMXG who works in buildings 3105 and 2283, and was last in the work center on 6 May. Health officials are actively tracing all recent movements and

  • World-unique tire testing capability saves millions for warfighters

    Predicting aircraft tire wear is a complex, time-intensive phenomenon, highly dependent on multiple variables. Historically, testers focused on the structural integrity of a tire prior to fielding and use. However, the ability to quickly and accurately predict tire wear remained a challenge across

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Chong Smith

    Chong Smith is a cashier at the Tinker Base Exchange and has worked here for 12 years.Originally from South Korea, Smith now lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, and enjoys listening to music.Smith says she loves working at the Tinker Base Exchange and regularly promotes the Military Star Card to her

  • Daily Update: 11 May 2020

    For 11 May, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest COVID-19 confirmed cases include two active duty members of 552 ACW who contracted the virus while deployed and went into immediate quarantine upon return to Tinker. Health officials are actively tracing all

  • Gate’s Airmen still trucking through COVID-19

    The Truck Gate at Tinker Air Force Base is taking additional precautions when screening vehicles in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.Officer Jason Allen, the non-commissioned officer in charge of Vehicle Search, said the process for allowing these large vehicles, which are often transporting

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Senior Airman Jaiyda Hale

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Senior Airman Jaiyda HaleSenior Airman Jaiyda Hale, a lab technician with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, is originally from Columbus, Ohio, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for two years.As the COVID-19 response ramped up at Tinker, Hale volunteered to help with

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Mike Garrett

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Mike GarrettMike Garrett is an Emergency Management specialist in Tinker’s Emergency Operations Center.He has worked in the EOC for over seven years and is retired from the Air Force.The Winnsboro, Louisiana, native enjoys playing basketball and doing yard work in his spare

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Marcel Jacques

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Marcel JacquesMarcel Jacques is the Drug Demand Reduction Program manager with the 72nd Air Base Wing. He came to Tinker in 2009 as an Air Force Reserve recruiter, before retiring in 2014 and assuming his role in the DDRP office.In his spare time, Jacques loves to hang out