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  • 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

  • CMSAF Wright talks resiliency and readiness at all call

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright discussed resiliency and readiness with an auditorium filled with Tinker Airmen during an All Call held at the Hudiburg Chevrolet Center during his base visit last week. “The primary reason for me to do base visits is coming out to see what a base

  • DRAGON heads south for summer

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Pilots flew an upgraded E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft across the international date line and into the southern hemisphere in late July.The flights prove a $1.05 aircraft billion upgrade, called DRAGON, is worthy of long-haul, international

  • Initiative draws large feedback, widespread support

    The Air Force Materiel Command’s AFMC We Need initiative continues to make steady progress, with project teams completing phase two visits to AFMC operating locations this week. The initiative aims to identify both the areas in which the command excels as well as the challenges and opportunities