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  • Commentary: My journey as a military nurse

    What does it mean to be a military nurse? When I first came into the military I did not know that meant.I don’t come from a family with a strong military history or an area of the country that has a large military presence. When I commissioned into the military, I saw nursing as a job.I began my

  • Women’s Equality Day celebrating women’s right to vote

    The Federal Women’s Program and the Federally Employed Women’s Tinker Chapter will celebrate Women’s Equality Day on Aug. 26. There will be a luncheon, hosted by 72nd Air Base Wing, 11 a.m. to noon at the Tinker Chapel Fellowship Hall in Bldg. 5701.The featured speaker for the luncheon is Col.

  • Around the Air Force Sustainment Center:

    Workers at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base have installed the last of 173 new wings on A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, finalizing a project that started in 2011 with aircraft 80-0173.The ALC’s 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron swapped wings on 162 A-10s as part of the A-10

  • 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.