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  • 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

  • OTS restructures program to increase quality, quantity of officers

    The Air Force’s Officer Training School is changing the paradigm for building officers, pivoting away from separate programs for line and non-line officers and conducting merged classes beginning in January 2019.The Total Force Officer Training and Commissioned Officer Training courses will be

  • Employee Enhancement Program opens for self-nominations January 14

    New selection process improvements are coming for Tinker Air Force Base’s Employee Enhancement Program. The data call announcement date has changed from last November to Jan. 14. EEP applicants will be selected on a competitive basis from self-nominating participants who desire to use the program’s

  • Commentary: Get ‘squared away’ during National Clean Off Your Desk Day

    Like many Tinker Air Force Base personnel, the first weeks after the winter holiday have created a less than tidy desktop. Having hit the editorial road at a hard sprint in order to meet tight deadlines for The Tinker Take Off, the telltale signs of my story creation seem to reproach me from every

  • Airmen and Sailors graduate from Tinker Airman Leadership School

    Thirty-seven Airmen and two Sailors recently graduated from Tinker’s Airman Leadership School.Graduates are: 134th Civil Engineer SquadronSenior Airman Cory Barton, Leadership Award 149th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronSenior Airman Victor Moreno 507th Civil Engineering SquadronSenior Airman Rodrick