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  • 38th CEIG hosts airspace security drone demonstration

     A small drone is flying over a military installation, when suddenly, like a bird of prey, an X-3 Drone Hunter swoops down and shoots a net at the drone, ensnaring it in the webbing and carries it back to the controller on the ground.  Sound like a scene out of the latest spy thriller movie? No. It

  • Air Force marks 72 years since official creation

      On Sept. 18, the United States Air Force will become 72 years old. Yet while this anniversary represents more than seven decades of the Air Force operating as a single organized entity, its history as one of the premier air powers in the world began at the turn of the twentieth century.President

  • Connections, resources spotlighted for suicide prevention

      Tinker Air Force Base’s Community Action Team has been increasing its efforts  to connect Airmen with resources as part of a coordinated movement to support the Air Force’s goal of supporting Airmen during Suicide Prevention Month in the face of rising suicide rates.More than simply addressing the

  • Tinker leaders hold community engagement focusing on suicide awareness

    Tinker Air Force Base leaders recently sat down with local community members and health officials Sept. 4 at the Midwest City Chamber of Commerce to discuss suicide and share ideas to prevent it.Col. Paul Filcek, 72nd Air Base Wing and Tinker installation commander, said the community event was the

  • Team Tinker provides refuge for aircraft evacuating Hurricane Dorian

    When Hurricane Dorian appeared on radar to hit Georgia and the Carolinas this week, nearly a quarter of a million residents evacuated the coast and they’re not the only ones who took security measures ahead of the category two storm’s arrival. The 4th Fighter Wing from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

  • The Reason for Remembrance

    Very soon, our country will observe Patriot Day, our annual memorial of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that changed our nation.Why do we commemorate anniversaries of the days that change our lives? As a force, we pride ourselves on being forward-thinking and future-focused, so why look back

  • Annual 9/11, POW-MIA memorial gains 24-hour vigil

    The 6th Annual 9/11 POW-MIA Memorial 5K/2K Run/Ruck/Walk will be held from 6:15-8:30 a.m. Sept. 13 at the Tinker Air Force Base softball field, this year with the addition of a 24-hour POW-MIA Vigil Run/Walk from 6 a.m. Sept. 12 to 6 a.m. Sept. 13 at the Tinker AFB track.More than 2,000 people are

  • Photo: AFSC senior leaders gather for Art of the Possible

    The Air Force Sustainment Center Art of the Possible Senior Leader Course was held Aug. 27-29 at the Rose State College Professional Training and Education Center in Midwest City. Leaders from across the AFSC were briefed by subject matter experts about the Art of the Possible history and leadership

  • New simulator building underway for 552nd Air Control Wing

    Shovels overturned the first piles of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 552nd Air Control Wing consolidated simulator building Aug. 16 at Tinker Air Force Base.This groundbreaking ceremony is in response to Congress mandating all Department of Defense simulations be located on

  • Photos: County commissioner and staff visit Tinker

    The Honorable Carrie Blumert, Oklahoma County Commissioner District 1, and members of her staff visited Tinker Air Force Base Aug. 26, receiving an overview of the Air Force Sustainment Center and how global logistics and the sustainment mission support the Air Force. Here, Capt. Patrick Milward, a