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  • Okie defenders return home

    Reserve defenders from the 507th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron reunite with friends and family Oct. 1, 2017, at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, following a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. The Reserve Citizen Airmen served at

  • Allen retires after 40 years of service

    Another illustrious Air Force career will soon be coming to an end as Air Force Sustainment Center Executive Director Jeffrey Allen is due to retire Oct. 3.

  • Reserve first sergeants hit ground running, adapt to active duty tempo

    Every Airman serving has to meet the same training, education and proficiency standards of their career field, regardless of whether or not they are active duty, Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve. Here at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, total force integration is exemplified in the first

  • Escaping today’s supply chain challenges

    The Air Force Sustainment Center’s 448th Supply Chain Management Wing is spearheading an initiative to modernize supply chain planning capabilities that will directly impact supportability to warfighter support around the globe.

  • Deployed Reserve Civil engineers make critical runway repairs

    Maintaining an airfield is never an easy task, especially when it’s one of the busiest in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility. Responsible for making critical runway repairs, the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s heavy equipment operator team ensures that the 386th

  • AFMC promotes avoiding job burnout awareness

    During the fall months, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its Avoiding Job Burnout Awareness Campaign. The goal of the campaign is to inform the AFMC workforce about how to avoid job burnout, and what you can do when your job begins to affect your health and happiness.   Even if you love your

  • Celebrating the Air Force’s 70th birthday

    The United States Air Force celebrated its 70th birthday earlier this week. Tinker’s due diligence came in true fashion – cake and punch at the Club Sept. 18.As celebrating history is part of tradition, 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Kenyon K. Bell touched on some of the primary advocates for

  • Air Force leaders address aircrew crisis

    More than 60 Air Force senior leaders discussed the Air Force’s aircrew crisis which has left the service more than 1,500 pilots short of its requirements Sept. 22, 2017, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

  • Fire training

    Members of the Tulsa Fire Department (wearing tan bunker gear) work with a member of the 72nd Civil Engineer Squadron, fire department, during a training event using a full-size aircraft fire training device Sept. 13, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The Tulsa firefighters were guests of the

  • What is resilience and how do I get it?

    Life has many challenges and rewards, but sometimes the rewards seem few and the hardships plenty. Airmen frequently face changes in their lives and career. Not everyone reacts to challenges in the same way; however, the positive ways we deal with distressing events that life throws at us is called