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  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Yong McComb from the Vanwey Dining Facility

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Yong McComb from the Vanwey Dining FacilityYong McComb, the lead senior cook at the Vanwey Dining Facility, has worked at Tinker Air Force Base for almost 10 years.Her duties at the Vanwey include making sure the cooks are following correct recipes and procedures, baking,

  • Daily Update: 24 April 2020

    For 24 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week the OKC metro was threatened by severe storms which raised the question: do I prioritize tornado safety or COVID-19 safety? In the upcoming weeks, the tornado warning will take precedence. If a warning is

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Airman 1st Class Grace Brown

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Airman 1st Class Grace Brown from the 72nd Force Support SquadronAirman 1st Class Grace Brown has served in the U.S. Air Force for less than a year and works as a customer support journeyman in the 72nd Force Support Squadron Military Personnel Flight in the CAC/ID Office.

  • Air Force partners with NIAR to create B-1B "digital twin"

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – A new research effort will create a virtual B-1B that could help the Air Force predict the future of these supersonic bombers.    The AFLCMC B-1 Division is sponsoring a research project with Wichita State University’s National Institute of Aviation Research

  • Daily Update: 23 April 2020

    For 23 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Big news: Two new COVID-19 test centers have opened. HealthCARE Express Urgent Testing Center in Midwest City, and OU Health Services.  Health CARE can be reached at 877-442-3669 and OU Health can be reached at

  • Community partnership curbs cedar invasion

    Thanks to a partnership with the City of Oklahoma City, Tinker Air Force Base’s Natural Resources Office is close to completing a three-year process of clearing a 20-acre area of cedar trees that have posed hazards to the installation.

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Anthony Underwood

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Anthony UnderwoodAnthony Underwood is an Industrial Engineering Technician for the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Underwood has served the U.S. Air Force 15 years. His primary duties within PMXG

  • Daily Update: 22 April 2020

    For 22 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest COVID-19 confirmed case was a member of DLA-Aviation who has been teleworking away from the installation since 17 March. Public Health officials are actively tracing all recent movements and contacts in