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  • Daily Update: 16 April 2020

    For 16 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are aware of a potential DoD-level stop movement extension in response to COVID-19 that may come out soon. The original date was May 11.  A new confirmed date is not yet available, but as soon as we hear more we will

  • Pharmacy offers alternative solutions for accessing prescriptions

    The 72nd Medical Group Pharmacy requests that patients plan ahead in case there is a decrease in service or closure of the pharmacy due to COVID-19.Maj. Karl Bituin, 72nd Medical Group flight commander, said patients may be temporarily required to switch prescriptions to home delivery or retail.

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Randall Looke

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Randall LookeRandall Looke is the chief of the Air Force Sustainment Center Contracting Directorate’s Operational Contracting Branch, which is responsible for contracting support for the 72nd Air Base Wing and all of Tinker’s tenant units. Since Looke took over as branch chief,

  • Reserve nurses mobilize to support COVID-19 response

    Two Air Force Reservist nurses with the 507th Medical Squadron here mobilized and departed for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 13 and 15, 2020, to provide medical treatment to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Daily Update: 15 April 2020

    For 15 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest COVID-19 confirmed cases include a civilian Air Force Audit Agency employee from building 510 who has been in quarantine since 16 March, and a civilian employee of the 76 SWEG in building 3001 who was last at

  • Serving people is top priority for new sustainment chief

    Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi, the new command chief for the Air Force Sustainment Center, joined the center as the current coronavirus pandemic was ramping up.Flosi, who came to the AFSC from a tour with NATO Air Command in Afghanistan, said his role as the senior enlisted leader air advisor to the

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Kait Kampmeyer

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Kait KampmeyerKait Kampmeyer, a child and youth program assistant at Child Development Center West, has worked at Tinker for a little over a year. She recently did an experiment called “Glitter Germs” with the children in her classroom to show them how important it is to wash

  • Daily Update: 14 April 2020

    For 14 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The latest COVID-19 confirmed case is a member of 76 AMXG who was quarantined on 20 March.  Public Health officials are actively tracing all recent movements and contacts in conjunction with affected units and local

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Joey Chapa

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Joey ChapaJoey Chapa, a metallizing equipment operator in the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, is one of the key operators in the shop responsible for the thermal spraying of vital propulsion components. He is following in the footsteps of his parents, who both retired from