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  • New 848th SCMG/CC says team is ‘amazing’

    In his 21-year career, Col. Rod Bloker said he's seen the gamut of Air Force and air bases. He's supported a variety of missions, but never seen anything quite like Tinker. Since arriving in mid-July, the 848th Supply Chain Management Group commander said he is in awe. Two other recurring adjectives

  • 9/11 Vigil: standing strong

    The events of Sept. 11, 2001, bring back memories for most, if not all, Americans. But the senseless terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York City, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania that claimed more than 3,000 lives also sent shock waves around the world.At Tinker Air Force Base, Airmen

  • New 552nd ACW vice commander impressed

    Col. Brian Humphrey has been at Tinker and the 552nd Air Control Wing just a short time, but said he is already impressed by what he has seen. Over the course of his tenure, the wing vice commander said he aims to help America's Wing continue providing world-class command and control to combatant

  • New AFSC vice commander excited to serve team

    Col. John Kubinec is excited about his new job.Since accepting the Air Force Sustainment Center vice commander position in mid-July, the career aircraft/munitions maintenance officer has his sight set on helping others reach their own success. After all, the colonel said he's in a position that can

  • Steam decentralization project takes big step

    Tinker is one step closer to being more energy efficient. The base steam system is being decentralized and some of the plants are closing. The first plant was closed in late April marking a big step in the Air Force's largest domestic energy retrofit project. To take the place of this central steam

  • Project receives EPA Brownfields Phoenix Award

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented the Brownfields Phoenix Award to Oklahoma County Commissioner Ray Vaughn at Tinker's Bldg. 9001 June 6, recognizing the collaborative transformation success of the former automobile plant to an aerospace complex as one of the nation's top

  • ‘State of AFLCMC’ Commander visits Tinker, speaks at annual Dining Out

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is "on the path" to becoming "an integrated team focused on acquisition and product support for the warfighter," the commander, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, said recently. "We have made significant progress toward forging into one team delivering integrated,

  • Tinker civilian wins Air Force award

    Mike Mowles wasn't the first, second or third person to learn the big news. In fact, he may have been one of the last to learn he won an Air Force-level award.The 2012 Air Force Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez award for the Civilian Manager-category recipient didn't nominate himself, nor was he aware when his

  • Tinker Airman convicted of abuse

    A Tinker Airman was convicted here Feb. 27 of physical and sexual abuse of his stepson, a minor child, and was sentenced to eight years in prison, reduction in rank and a dishonorable discharge.Senior Airman William E. Calloway IV of the 3rd Combat Communications Support Squadron was found guilty by