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  • Tinker’s role in race to space

    This week marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 launch which cumulated in the moon landing July 20, 1969. Tinker’s role in making history centers on our expertise in supporting heavy lift aircraft.As the race to space heated up and rocket designs became increasingly larger, heavier

  • 848th Supply Chain Management welcomes new commander

    The time honored tradition of passing a unit’s guidon to an incoming commander took place for the 848th Supply Chain Management Group during a change of command ceremony on July 12.Director of the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, Dennis D’Angelo, presided over the ceremony in which Col. Robert

  • Innovation ‘advances the ball’

    I’ve been a proponent of innovation for the majority of my more than 32-year Air Force career. I feel so strongly about the importance of having an environment of innovation in the workplace that I made it one of my leadership priorities when I first became a commander in the mid-1990s.If you’re not

  • Tinker Artist in Residence captures historic moment in Vietnam War

    Behind every work of art is a story.A recent painting completed by Tinker Air Force Base Artist in Residence and U.S. Air Force Historian Darby Perrin captures a brief glimpse into the story of retired Col. Chuck DeBellevue and Capt. John Madden during an encounter with a MiG 21J during the

  • Best with what they’ve got: A new life for old parts

    Just like every other aircraft, parts on a B-52H Stratofortress age, get damaged and become unserviceable.One detachment at Barksdale Air Force Base has developed a way to take those unusable parts and create hands-on training opportunities for maintainers.“Normally, we have to coordinate with the

  • Donovan stresses ‘Digital Air Force’s’ importance and necessity

    Acting Air Force Secretary Matthew P. Donovan is driving a new “Digital Air Force” initiative, emphasizing reforms that harness the integrated strengths of a connected network of weapons, sensors and analytic tools.“Our advantage in future battles depends on our ability to fuse vast amounts of data

  • 726th ACS exercise enhances readiness, rapid global mobility, builds leaders

    On the outskirts of base, a dirt road strays away from the comforts of civilization and deeper into the high desert. Luckily, the Air Force doesn’t need comfort or civilization to operate. The 726th Air Control Squadron refined their adaptive basing capabilities during Hardrock Exercise 19-2, July

  • Fit 4 Life to be suspended

    The Air Force Sustainment Center Commander has made the decision to temporarily suspend the Fit 4 Life program, effective August 4, 2019, with an annual review of the program, in order to better align with the National Defense Strategy and focus available resources on mission readiness.AFSC

  • 380 AEW AWACS provide the big picture to combatant commanders

    Imagine a pilot flying their aircraft in theater. While the pilot has onboard sensors downloading, processing, and providing a lot of information during the flight, their systems have limited range.Staff Sgt. Joshua Payne, 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron senior surveillance

  • USAF begins new Egyptian F110 upgrade program

    A big step forward to modernize the Egyptian Air Force F-16 “Fighting Falcon” fleet will take place July 25th in San Antonio, Texas. United States Air Force contracting, through Defense Logistics Agency-Aviation’s Strategic Acquisition Program, has awarded an Egyptian long-term F110 propulsion