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  • 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

  • Honorary Commanders receive day of combat immersion

    The Tinker Air Force Base class of 2019 Honorary Commanders returned to Tinker last week for another day of familiarization with the goings-on of Tinker and some immersion into military life.During this particular visit, the group received a day of combat immersion, starting with a first-hand look

  • Tinker’s Cuban Missile Crisis connection

    It was on Oct. 16, 1962, that photographs were revealed to the administration of President John F. Kennedy that the Soviet Union was constructing sites for long- and short-range nuclear missiles in Cuba.This revelation sparked what would become known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and represented some

  • Never Forgotten: Tinker remembers 9/11, POW-MIA

    Tinker Air Force Base’s annual 9/11 POW-MIA Memorial 5K/2K Run/Ruck/Walk was carried out on Sept. 27, ensuring that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and all American soldiers who have ever been prisoners of war or are still missing in action  are never forgotten.The run was originally scheduled

  • Health Beat: October highlights Domestic Violence awareness

    Every minute in the United States, nearly 20 people suffer physical abuse at the hands of an intimate partner, equating to more than 10 million women and men each year.“Whether you wear a uniform or not, violence exists and our job is to make sure we’re there to support someone regardless of rank,

  • Energy Action Month at Tinker

    To commemorate October’s Air Force Energy Action Month, the 72nd Civil Engineer Directorate’s energy management team is challenging Team Tinker to utilize best practices in efficient energy usage to enhance mission capability and readiness.During Energy Action Month 2019, the Air Force is

  • AFMC successfully executes $66 billion portfolio in FY19

    The Air Force Materiel Command executed a more than $66.6 billion portfolio in Fiscal Year 2019, ensuring the delivery and sustainment of agile, cost-effective and war-winning capabilities to the warfighter. AFMC manages 34% of the Air Force overall budget, executing funds across six centers,

  • Nuclear weapons center again recognized for excellence

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center recently received the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the sixth time since the center stood up in 2006. The center’s AFOEA awards now span nine consecutive years, from 2009 to 2017.