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  • Canadian Detachment's Mess Dining In

    LCol Don Saunders, Commander, Canadian Detachment, explains Mission Crew Commander procedures to LGen Pierre St. Amand, Royal Canadian air force and Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The general was the guest speaker at the Canadian

  • 386th airfield managers take runway to new heights

    SOUTHWEST ASIA – Managing 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 and owned and controlled by a host nation. Responsible for the overall continuity of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing’s airfield, the

  • OC-ALC earns historic energy certification

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center — the sprawling industrial aerospace operation that is also the Air Force’s largest single-site energy consumer — recently became the first organization in the federal government to be certified to a rigorous international energy management standard to boost

  • AIR FORCE HISTORY: The early years of American air combat

    The Lafayette Escadrille, which became operational in April of 1916, was established as a squadron of mostly American volunteer pilots flying and fighting for the French Air Service during World War I. The planes, mechanics and the pilot uniforms were French, as was the commander, Capt. Georges

  • TINKER HISTORY: Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter

    The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was a single-seat day fighter designed around an all-metal wing positioned low to mid fuselage. The single-engine jet sat on tricycle landing and lacked a radar which limited it tactically to daylight operations. The first flight of the XP-84 took place in Feb. 1946. The

  • 76th AMXG welcomes new commander

    The 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group has a new commander: Col. Michael P. Allison. A change of command ceremony was held Thursday, April 13, in which Col.Kenyon Bell relinquished command a few weeks in advance of his next assignment as the 72nd Air Base Wing Commander.Colonel Bell led over 4,100

  • 2017 Spring CCAF graduation set for May 4

    The Spring Community College of the Air Force graduation will take place at 2 p.m., May 4, at the Tinker Club Ballroom.  CCAF graduates receiving their Associate in Applied Science degrees include:Aerospace Ground Equipment TechnologyStaff Sgt. Steven Allen, 552nd MXSStaff Sgt. Adrian Bozeman, 552nd

  • SFS participates in hand-to-hand combat course

    The 72nd Security Forces Squadron hosted Blue Shield Tactical Systems, a law enforcement based teaching company from Ft. Worth, Texas, specializing in defensive tactics and use of force training, offered training for hand-to-hand combat skills April 10-11.In hosting the course, SFS was granted two

  • Tinker plants 50 native trees for Arbor Day

    Mother Nature couldn’t have sent a better sign of approval to the 15 or so volunteers gathered recently to plant new trees at Tinker Air Force Base.Before a redbud sapling was even unloaded from the bed of a pickup, a lone bumblebee was already dancing in the air around its tiny pink

  • Army Ammunition Plant hosts Oklahoma Commanders Summit

    Senior leaders from military installations across the state converged on the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant last week for the third installment of the Oklahoma Commanders Summit.The biannual summits provide an opportunity to get senior leaders from around the state together in one location and are