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  • Medical Group outlines process taken after positive COVID-19 diagnosis

    Officials at Tinker Air Force Base are taking measures to ensure clean work environments in the event an individual in a unit tests positive with coronavirus.Tech. Sgt. Atheana Cooper, 72nd Medical Group executive officer and EMS coordinator, said the process starts with personnel letting command

  • AFMC mission operational under ‘new norm’

    With a focus on high priority, critical operational needs and ensuring the health and safety of Airmen, the Air Force Materiel Command continues to maintain support to the Air Force across all mission areas in the face of COVID-19.

  • Daily Update: 17 April 2020

    For 17 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective today, we have more gate updates. Hruskocy Gate: AM Inbound Only: 5:30-8 a.m., Mon-Fri. Liberator Gate: PM Outbound Only: 2:30-4 p.m., Mon-Fri. Pegasus Gate: PM Outbound Only : 2:30-4 p.m. Mon-Fri. Thank you

  • AFMC Commander's Log -- COVID-19 Update #3

    Team AFMCAs this fast-moving situation continues to unfold, I want to assure you that AFMC’s leadership remains at the forefront of balancing our top priority, the safety and wellness of you and your families, with the careful monitoring and assessment of our mission in the midst of

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Huey Joe

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Huey JoeHuey Joe is a custodial foreman at the Tinker Base Exchange and has worked for AAFES for eight years. As the custodial foreman, he and his team have assured that their store is extra clean, especially the bathrooms, which are cleaned and fully stocked every hour on the

  • Tinker finds ways to stay social despite social distancing

    With current guidance under Health Protection Condition Level Charlie preventing non-mission essential gatherings of more than 10 people, organizations around Tinker Air Force Base have come up with ways to help keep Airmen social while still maintaining a physical distance.The 72nd Force Support

  • 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.