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  • Congressman visits Tinker

    Lt. Col. Keith Quick, 72nd Security Forces Squadron commander, right, Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, second from left, and Col. Kenyon Bell, 72nd Air Base Wing commander, discuss perimeter security issues with U.S. Rep. Steve Russell, R-Okla., during a brief visit

  • Bioenvironmental Engineering makes changes to improve fit-testing

    Tinker AFB has the largest Respiratory Protection Program in the Air Force and fit-testing is a critical step in ensuring the safe use of respiratory protection in industrial work areas and military-unique settings. With approximately 2,600 personnel requiring annual industrial fit tests and 800

  • Tinker spotlight on OETA

    OETA host Will Schwab takes us behind the scenes of some of Oklahoma’s favorite, as well as hidden, treasures. We will meet the people who make it possible for the rest of us to enjoy these wonderful additions to our cultural landscape. We will see a side of these locations that many of us have

  • Navy commandeers Rec League crown

    An early upset forced the top-seed VQ-7 RoughNecks to battle their way out of the losers bracket, but they left no doubt Aug. 8 about their status as the best team in the Rec League.The Navy team drubbed NGC, Northrop Grumman Corporate, in the doubleheader finals, 14-3 and 11-2, to convincingly

  • Critical phases of flight

    RAF MILDENHALL -- Total Force Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma demonstrate flight and refueling capabilities of the KC-135R Stratotanker while augmenting the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, England, July 1-29 in support of Operation

  • Hill, Robins to provide F-35 software sustainment

    The Air Force Sustainment Center is making plans to establish organic software sustainment capability for the F-35A Lightning II. Vice Adm. Mat Winter, director of the Joint Strike Fighter program, requested Naval Air Systems Command and Air Force Materiel Command develop depot activation plans for

  • New fire crew trains for response, builds team skills

    The 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire department conducted a response exercise Friday, August 11, 2017, to test the response and teamwork skills of the new fire crew, who arrived here with the recent rotation a few weeks ago. The exercise was a simulated fire at the Personnel Support

  • Softball fields to get upgrades

    The base’s softball diamonds are getting a ton of work done – as in 75 tons of sand for one field alone.The approximately $16,000 project will improve all four softball fields north of the dorms, fitness coordinator Ira Anderson said. They include the most used fields, Champ and Field 1, along with

  • Partnerships lead to healthier vending options on base

    A multitude of joint partnerships in various capacities have resulted in positive change on Tinker Air Force Base. One most recent success was achieved through a Health and Wellness Center channel, linking AAFES, Aramark and Imperial Vending through a grant championed by the American Heart

  • OC-ALC calls for nominees for Production and Operations Management program

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex announces the call for nominees for the educational Program in Production and Operations Management. The call for nominees to attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s OC-ALC Production and Operations Management (POM) training program is open until Aug.