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  • TINKER HISTORY: North American B-45 aircraft

    The North American B-45 “Tornado” was a four-engine, light bomber produced almost immediately after World War II. The aircraft was the first all-jet bomber built for the newly established United States Air Force and proved to be a transitional aircraft built in low numbers and with relatively little

  • Education is the key message at CCAF fall graduation

    Education is the key that unlocks the door for opportunities.That was the message Chief Master Sgt. Paul Thomas drove home as he spoke to a room full of Community College of the Air Force graduates, family and friends. The commencement ceremony was held Oct. 27 in the Tinker Club ballroom,

  • Tinker leaders pledge to "Show Some Love" during CFC

    A group of senior leaders from across Tinker show their support for the Combined Federal Campaign. This year’s workplace charity campaign runs through Dec. 15. Signing CFC pledge cards are, back row from left, Col. Michael Price, HQ Air Force Flight Standards Agency commander; Col. Christopher

  • Domestic violence survivor tells story

    Susan Still was an 18-year-old college student when she met and fell in love with a rising blues guitarist named Ulner Lee Still. They married several years later and had three children. During their first 12 years of marriage, her husband became increasingly controlling, and verbally and

  • D’Angelo assumes command of 448th SCMW in first-ever ceremony

    For the first time in the wing’s history, an exchange of flags representing a change in leadership took place between two distinguished Senior Executive Service civilians, Frank Washburn and Dennis D’Angelo, signaling the end and beginning of a new era in the Supply Chain Management Wing.

  • Stamey named new AFSC executive director

    Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II didn’t have to go far to find a successor for his recently retired executive director.Kevin Stamey, who had previously served as the AFSC’s Director of Engineering and Technical Management, physically moved from the second floor of Bldg.

  • LRS commander awarded Bronze Star

    The commander of the 507th Logistics Readiness Squadron here, Maj. Damien Miller, received the Bronze Star Nov. 5 for his meritorious service in Iraq from Jan. 7 to July 8. The Bronze Star is the fourth highest individual military award, and is awarded to any person who distinguishes himself or

  • Once an Okie, always an Okie: The History of Reserve Airmen at Tinker

    U.S. Air Force Reserve units served here dating back to June 1946, when they were still part of the Army Air Forces. Since that time, Air Force Reserve units on base have flown bombers, trainers, transports, fighters and now command and control and aerial refueling aircraft.

  • USTAR facility aims to inspire innovation

    Officials from the state of Utah and the Air Force gathered Nov. 3 to open the doors of a newly constructed facility focused on inspiring innovation in industry.The USTAR (Utah, Science, Technology and Research) Innovation Center is a state-of-the-art facility that will be an “incubator and