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  • October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

    Raising awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and to ensure all Americans have the resources they need to be safer and more secure online, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a collaborative effort between government, through the Department of Homeland Security, and industry.This

  • Health Beat: Being your breast self

    When was your last mammogram?Tech. Sgt. Charlie Brown, 72nd Medical Group mammographer, said women over 40 should be going in for a mammogram yearly.In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the Med Group pushes out important messaging about breast cancer prevention and detection;

  • Voluntary Protection Program going strong

     Since its inception 13 years ago, the employee-driven Voluntary Protection Program has been the lead safety program for Tinker Air Force Base and the Air Force Sustainment Center.VPP is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiative that promotes worksite safety and health through

  • AFMC hosts command chief orientation

    Air Force Materiel Command held its first AFMC Command Chief Orientation, Sep. 30-Oct. 1 to familiarize new wing and center command chiefs with the overall organizational mission and how their units fit into the bigger picture. The event provided the new enlisted leaders a greater understanding of

  • 960th flies with the Royal Australian Air Force

    No distance is too far for the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, especially when it means integrating with international partners like AustraliaThe 960th AACS traveled to Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown earlier this month to test the capabilities of the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and

  • Knowing how to REACT

    When the U.S. Air Force calls, Tinker’s Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling lab knows how to REACT. A recent situation involving two Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses that are undergoing planned depot maintenance, is one of the latest examples of the REACT Laboratory, located in Bldg. 9001, helping

  • Big changes on horizon for the Tinker Take Off

    At the Tinker Take Off, we take pride in having provided Tinkerites with information they need, telling the Air Force’s story from inside the gates of Tinker Air Force Base for the past 77 years.Like all things, with time comes change — you will begin to see big changes happening in the TTO starting

  • Tinker celebrates Air Force 72nd birthday on air

    As one of Tinker Air Force Base’s weather forecasters, Staff Sgt. Brandon Feister, is tasked with the important job of keeping the installation informed of current weather conditions, providing advisories in the case of inclement weather, briefing missions of weather conditions and more.While

  • Innovation Center Team up for national award

    Air Force Materiel Command is recognizing the Air Force Sustainment Center Innovation Center Team for their many applications of technological advances by nominating the team for the national Gears of Government Award.“These guys are doing incredible things every day with this technology,” said Lt.