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  • Rangers rally in 5th, drop Shadows 12-11

    Aaron Shultz’s double to shallow center in the fifth was just the nudge the 552nd Maintenance Squadron needed in the first game of Monday night’s intramural doubleheader against the Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron at Championship Field for a 12-11 win.With a six-run deficit after the fourth, the

  • OC-ALC welcomes Brig. Gen. Miller as new commander

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and Tinker Air Force Base bid farewell to outgoing commander Maj. Gen. Mark K. Johnson, as he relinquished command to Brig. Gen. Tom Miller in a formal ceremony June 16.Johnson assumed command of the complex in March 2015 after previously serving as the

  • 552nd ACW cuts ribbon on new flight line clinic

    In partnership with the 72nd Medical Group, the 552nd Air Control Wing recently opened a flight line clinic in the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron.Providing value to the warfighter and fliers of the 552nd ACW, the new clinic meets medical needs nearest to the workplace, minimizes time spent

  • 72nd SFS leads AFA chapter award winners

    The Air Force Association’s Gerrity Chapter recently named its statewide AFA award winners for 2017. Fourteen military and civilian members and other organizations were honored at an awards banquet June 6 at the Tinker Club. The winners were: Military unit of the year - 72nd Force Support Squadron

  • AROUND TINKER: HARM team earns 72nd ABW Wildcatter Award

    The Host Aviation Resource Management team, with the 72nd Operations Support Squadron, was recently honored with a Wildcatter Award from 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Kenyon K. Bell. The HARM is the base focal point for aviation and parachutists records for all members assigned to Tinker AFB.

  • Wildcatters catch the rabbit during

    72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Kenyon Bell thanked participants for coming out and showing great teamwork during the Wildcatter PT. Opting for a “round robin” style PT, instead of a group run, encouraged Wildcatters to work together and encourage each other through the 10 different training

  • EDMX: handling controlled chaos on remote

    When an Air Force plane suffers serious damage anywhere in the world, commanders have the option to deploy an elite asset for getting a wounded warbird back into battle or flying it back home for more intensive repairs: Aircraft Battle Damage Repair teams. The 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group’s

  • Visit from the Pentagon

    Jeffrey Allen, Air Force Sustainment Center executive director, left, and Maj. Gen. Mark Johnson, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex commander, show plans for the future site of the KC-46 sustainment campus to Tim Bridges, assistant deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force

  • TINKER HISTORY: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Aircraft

    The Boeing C-97 “Stratofreighter” was designed as a four-engine cargo and troop transport using components and design features from two previous Boeing designs, the B-29 and B-50 bombers, to make an entirely new transport aircraft. The large “pinched” fuselage is formed by taking two B-29 fuselage

  • AIR FORCE HISTORY: Capt. Lillian Kinkella Keil, AF hero

    For National Nurse Appreciation week, I get the honor of telling you about one of our greatest military heroes – medical or otherwise, Capt. Lillian Kinkella Keil. One of the most decorated women in American military history, this nurse flew on 425 combat evacuation missions in World War II and