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  • 72nd MDG champions Alzheimer’s education

    The 72nd Medical Group has recently extended its resources capabilities, now serving as a liaison to the Alzheimer’s Association. For the first time in its 37 years, the Alzheimer’s Association presented its programs and services to physicians and nurses during a 72nd Medical Group professional

  • Fourth of July fire safety

    In celebration of July 4th, 72nd Air Base Wing Fire and Emergency Services hopes you take the time to reflect on what it means to be an American and have a fire safe weekend. Historically, the Fourth of July is often associated with fireworks, barbecues and family get-togethers. But these activities

  • 72nd MDG introduces new Mental Health First Aid program

    There is a new phenomenon growing in all parts of the country that has recently been adapted by our community, called Mental Health First Aid. Mental Health First Aid is a public education program that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental illnesses, builds

  • 552nd Air Control Wing commander set to move to the Pentagon

    On June 30, Col. David Gaedecke will relinquish command of the 552nd Air Control Wing to Col. Geoffrey Weiss. After serving at Tinker for two years, the colonel will head to the Pentagon where he will become the Director, Cyberspace Operations and Warfighting Integration, Office of Information

  • Construction to start soon on 552nd ACW consolidated simulator building

    The 72nd Air Base Wing’s Headquarters has moved from Bldg. 460 to Bldg. 1002. Bldg. 460 will be demolished to make room for the construction of a new building that will provide the 552nd Air Control Wing a state-of-the-art training facility that encompasses live, virtual, and constructive

  • AIR FORCE HISTORY: Archibald Mathies: Enlisted Medal of Honor recipient

    Archibald Mathies was born on June 3, 1918 in the town of Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Shortly after his birth, the Mathies family immigrated to America, settling in western Pennsylvania in the small town of Finleyville. He eventually went to work in the local coal mines. Mathies

  • TINKER HISTORY: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

    The Boeing C-135 aircraft is a derivative of the popular Boeing 707 airframe modified from commercial airliner use to military missions with the largest produced model being the KC-135 “Stratotanker” purposely designed for air-refueling. The C-135 family has a large fuselage with traditional tail

  • Honoring the forever deployed

    Forty years ago, the “Take Charge and Move Out” community suffered a great loss. At approximately 10:30 p.m. June 21, 1977, all 16 members from Crew 4, TACAMO Pacific Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREE paid the ultimate price for freedom when their EC-130Q aircraft crashed within a mile of the

  • 72nd ABW ADR Office earns top Air Force award

    The 72nd Air Base Wing Alternative Dispute Resolution Office was recently recognized as the top program of its kind in the Air Force.The office was honored with the General Counsel’s Conflict Management/ADR Award last month at the worldwide ADR Program Management Training Conference in San Antonio.