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  • Tinker’s Energy Action Month energizes innovation on base

    Tinker Air Force Base energized the Air Force’s Energy Action Month with several special events Oct. 17-18, including individual vendors’ expos at Bldgs. 3001 and 9001, a ribbon-cutting celebrating the 10 new electric vehicle charging stations on base and an Electric Vehicle Ride & Drive for Team

  • JROTC students compete at Tinker AFB

    Students from nine Oklahoma high schools gathered Oct. 26 at Tinker Air Force Base to compete in the fourth annual 349th Recruiting Squadron Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corp Competition.Parts of the competition, such as the mile and a half run, push ups and sit ups, were standardized across

  • AFSC Commander Shares Veterans Day Message

    Teammates,Sunday marks the 99th time our nation will commemorate what is now known as Veterans Day. Those many years ago, President Woodrow Wilson declared it a day to “be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” and an opportunity for America “to show her

  • B-1B Lancer arrives for overhaul and upgrade

    A B-1B Lancer arrived here following a three-engine ferry flight from Midland International Air & Space Port Oct. 26, 2018, where it had been located since May 1 following an emergency landing. After undergoing a Safety Investigation Board and maintenance to get the aircraft into a safely operable

  • Steady and ready: C-130 mainstay of medevac

    Since the Vietnam War, the C-130 Hercules has been a workhorse of aeromedical evacuation, and continues to serve as a reliable platform to move patients over long distances, allowing Airmen to provide critical care in the air, aid in disaster relief efforts, and bring warfighters home.

  • Wright-Patt mother, physician tells story of heartbreaking loss

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Dr. Laura Sidari is speaking out because her family suffered a horrendous loss last Christmas Day.  The Air Force psychiatrist at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, and her husband, Dr. Anthony Sidari, a rheumatologist, lost their 4-year-old son, Leon, to

  • Air Force extends high year of tenure for E-4s through E-6s

    The Air Force is extending the high year of tenure for senior airmen through technical sergeants beginning Feb. 1, 2019.The memo, signed Oct. 18, 2018, extends the high year of tenure from eight to 10 years for senior airmen, from 15 to 20 years for staff sergeants and from 20 to 22 years for

  • Symposium brings together logistics professionals

    Hundreds of logistics professionals from around the nation gathered in Oklahoma City Oct. 9 – 12 to attend the Logistics Officer Association Symposium. The yearly event gives individuals from academia, the Department of Defense and industry organizations the opportunity to interact, share ideas and