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  • August is Kids Eat Right Month

    With childhood obesity on the rise, making sure kids eat right and get plenty of physical activity is vital.Parents and caregivers can play a big role in children’s nutrition and health, teaching kids about healthy foods, being a good role model and making sure physical activity is incorporated into

  • Tinker and the Primes Concludes: Focus on Partnerships, 72nd Air Base Wing

    The 14th Annual Tinker and the Primes Conference wrapped up Thursday with a keynote address from Brig. Gen. Chis Hill, commander of Tinker Air Force Base’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, on the transformative role that the ALC has in maintaining readiness within the U.S. Air Force.

  • Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex is the largest of three depot repair complexes in the Air Force Materiel Command. The complex performs programmed depot maintenance on the C/KC-135, B-1B, B-52H and E-3 aircraft, expanded phase maintenance on the Navy E-6B aircraft, and maintenance, repair and

  • Tinker and the Primes continues: AFSC Commander briefs

    Tinker and the Primes continued on Wednesday at the Reed Center in Midwest City with Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland, Commander, Air Force Sustainment Center, and Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry, Commander, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, opening day two with a discussion of the importance of increasing

  • Bunch addresses questions, concerns at inaugural online town hall

    Resiliency, facilities and workforce retention were among the topics addressed by Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr. during his inaugural command-wide virtual town hall, Aug. 8. The town hall, streamed live on the Air Force Materiel Command Facebook page, provided an opportunity for the commander to reach

  • Air Force Sustainment Center

    The Air Force Sustainment Center is one of six centers under Air Force Materiel Command and is the supporting command for readiness. Its mission is to generate Combat Power for America by providing war-winning expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.

  • Stitt, McMahon kick off Tinker and the Primes

    The 14th Annual Tinker and the Primes Conference kicked off Tuesday at Midwest City’s Reed Center with a keynote address by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on how Oklahoma is “open for business” and the significant impact that the aerospace industry contributes to the state’s economy.

  • Tinker Thrift Shop reopens ready to serve community

    The Tinker Thrift Shop has reopened after a scheduled monthlong closure and is ready to continue its mission serving the Tinker Community.The shop, under direction of the Tinker Spouse’s Club, has been serving the base community for the past 60 years providing an array of donated goods for shoppers

  • Fit to fight: redesigning aircrew flight equipment for females

    Over 60 female aviators from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy gathered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis to have their measurements taken.Across all the U.S. military branches, flight equipment is in the process of being redesigned to find a better fit for females.“This is the first time that I have

  • Pilot Prep Program: ‘Right answer for the Air Force’

    Civil Air Patrol’s experimental Pilot Prep Program is accomplishing just what its founder intended — providing Airmen with a fast-paced introduction to aviation designed to identify future fliers in the ranks and propel them into the sky.The new Air Force initiative to fill the need for military