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  • Driggers earns 72nd Air Base Wing Wildcatter award

    An individual was recently honored with a Wildcatter award from 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Kenyon K. Bell.Tracy Driggers, 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering, has served as Tinker AFB’s storage tank compliance program manager since August 2017. During this period, she has spearheaded many

  • Tinker AFB team supports allies in trip to Brazil

    Members of a group in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Tinker Air Force Base assisted an ally July 27-Aug. 11 by working with the Brazilian Air Force — or the Forca Aerea Brasileira — on creating a “Gold Plated Engine” and reactivating and correlating engine test cells.The Gold Plated

  • AF-wide lodging rate increase effective Jan. 1

    Effective Jan. 1, the Air Force Lodging Program has increased nightly lodging rates service-wide in support of Department of Defense reform objectives to make business operations more efficient and provide Airmen with an improved lodging experience.The rate adjustment is an essential step in the

  • New Year, new you

    Have you made a New Year’s resolution to quit tobacco in 2019? These four tips will help you quit and stay quit: 1. Remember why you quit in the first place. Keep your reasons for quitting in a note on your phone or in your wallet so that you can reference them when you get the urge to use tobacco.

  • Growing Air Force’s space medicine culture

    As space continues to play an increasingly critical role in our nation’s defense, the need for the space medicine specialty grows. Medical Airmen within U.S. Air Force Space Command are making sure space operators are ready for future readiness requirements.“Space is no longer a neutral, docile

  • Commander ‘moving the flag’ to other AFSC bases

    Air Force Sustainment Center leadership will relocate its headquarters for one week to the two other major bases within AFSC throughout 2019.The “move the flag” visits are an effort to immerse leadership in the local work force mission and communities around the command. The first effort took place

  • Defenders Corner: Stop Stick safety

    There has been a recent increase in vehicles running over Stop Sticks at Tinker’s installation gates, resulting in flat tires and repair costs to both drivers and the government. Stop Sticks are similar to spike strips, but are encased in long black plastic tubes with red and white hazard markings.

  • VQ-4 hosts ‘Pilot for a Day’ program

    The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR gained five honorary members Nov. 30. Five children joined the squadron as “pilots for a day” with the help of the Cavett Kids Foundation of Oklahoma City. The children and their parents visited the VQ-4 Shadows for a memorable day. The children

  • BRICE app simplifies maintenance action, saves time

    The Air Force Reserve went live with an app that is expected to save time and stress for aircraft maintainers late last year, with an estimated 100 users to be enrolled by February.Headquarters Air Force, AFRC, and Monkton teamed up to create an iOS modern mobile app that enables maintainers to