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  • Airmen to graduate Nov. 7 from Community College of the Air Force

    The United States Air Force has always recognized the positive effects of education on Air Force personnel and continually establishes various programs to meet the needs of the Air Force, its personnel and society as a whole.One of the most notable programs is the Community College of the Air Force.

  • Airmen and Sailors graduate from Tinker Airman Leadership School

    Thirty-five Airmen and two Sailors recently graduated from Tinker’s Airman Leadership School. Graduates are: 138th Logistics Readiness Squadron - Air National GuardSenior Airman Katelyn Carlisle 552nd Air Control Networks SquadronSenior Airman Lawrence Corson        Senior Airman Sean

  • Tinker’s disaster preparedness tested during Terrorist Week

    Tinker Air Force Base’s first responders and community partners had the opportunity to demonstrate their skills during three drills hosted by the Inspector General’s Office earlier this month as part of the office’s Terrorist Week exercises.Overseen and organized by the 72nd Air Base Wing IG Office,

  • Health Beat: Vaccines save lives, get your flu shot

    With winter weather approaching, members of Team Tinker are being encouraged to get their annual flu vaccine.“Historically, the new flu vaccine comes out in August and the way the DOD handles it is by distributing it to the people who are deployed first, then the other people overseas like European

  • EC-135 ready for training

    The mission of an EC-135 once used by the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group for aircraft battle damage repair is far from over.In May, the aircraft was transferred to the Tinker Fire Department to be utilized as a training aid. However, after nearly 25 years in the sky and another 25 of training usage

  • Is the State Constitutional Carry allowed on Tinker AFB?

    On Feb. 27, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed Constitutional Carry into state law, effective Nov. 1. Although eligible citizens and military members will be allowed to carry firearms without a permit within the state of Oklahoma; this state law does not supersede federal laws regarding firearms

  • Air National Guard position betters the enterprise level

    Brigadier Gen. David Weishaar, commander of the Kansas Air National Guard, recently toured Tinker Air Force Base after being named the Air National Guard Assistant to the Air Force Sustainment Center Commander.In this position, Weishaar will ensure guard equities are intertwined with AFSC goals

  • Ribbon cutting marks official unveiling of the new KC-46A campus

    Air Force and state leaders gathered Oct. 18 at Tinker Air Force Base’s new KC-46A Pegasus campus for the official ribbon cutting of the first of 14 hangars that will accommodate the installation in providing depot maintenance for the new tanker.Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Commander, Brig.

  • Increasing visibility for invisible wounds

    The Center for Disease Control reports that around 2.5 million people experience a traumatic brain injury during a given year and the National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 8 million adults experience post-traumatic stress disorder.Within the 72nd Medical Group on Tinker Air

  • Tinker’s big DROP from first to fourth in energy consumption

    After two years of cost-effective modernization of its energy infrastructure, Tinker Air Force Base dropped from first to fourth place in Air Force energy consumption.  It’s been almost four years since Tinker began looking at ways to reduce its status as the highest energy consuming installation in