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  • 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

  • 507th ARW welcomes ESGR employers

    Thirty-four civilian bosses of Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing got an opportunity to fly on a C-5M Super Galaxy here, Aug. 3.

  • ACC defines HUR-RY, TOR-RY framework

    While specific start dates of tornado seasons vary based on region, they can happen at any time, day or night. On the other hand, Hurricane Season recently began on June 1 and will extend to Nov. 30. Due to catastrophic weather events that took place throughout the past 12 year, including Hurricane

  • New AFSC website simplifies hiring

    The Air Force Sustainment Center has a new website, afscciviliancareers.com, aimed at easing the process of recruiting and filling positions using direct and expedited hiring authority. “The AFSC wanted to develop a site that was a repository for collecting resumes from applicants to fill positions