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  • CSAF focus group gathers data during Tinker visit

    A nearly 30-member Air Force chief of staff task force interviewed more than 250 military and civilian Team Tinker members last week as part of Gen. David L. Goldfein’s priority mission to revitalize squadrons across the force. The Revitalizing Air Force Squadrons project team is visiting more than

  • Heritage Room dedicated at Tinker Club

    Col. Stephanie Wilson recently cut the ribbon on the new Heritage Room at the Tinker Club, which honors Tinker Air Force Base’s past with historic photos lining the walls. The self-help project was a collaboration between the 72nd Mission Support Group’s Force Support Squadron, the 72nd Air Base

  • Pharmacy implements procedural change

    Starting May 1, Tinker’s Pharmacy will implement a change in its processing. As the pharmacy reaches a wide range of beneficiaries, it’s important to be aware of the changes.The biggest change to note is the integration of a first-come, first-serve policy, eliminating the “pull a ticket” procedure

  • AMXS blanks rival in ‘Night of Living Shutouts’

    552nd AMXS shut out Air Control Wing rival 552nd MXS 14-zip April 18 in Spring Flag Football League play.In what was dubbed the “Night of the Living Shutouts,” AMXS was one of four teams that blanked their opponents. The other defensive dominators were 424th SCMS, 72nd Med Group and Reserve

  • 552nd ACW Wounded Warrior selected to compete in Warrior Games

    Lt. Col. Jacqueline Burns, assigned to the 552nd Air Control Group, 552nd Air Control Wing, attended the 4th annual Air Force Trials for Wounded Warriors in February at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and has been selected to compete as part of the Air Force Team at the 2017 Warrior Games. The Air

  • Reservists train to save fellow firefighters

    Reserve firefighters from across the country trained at the first-ever Air Force Reserve Command Firefighter Rescue and Survival course, April 17-21, at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.

  • Citizen Airman wins Combat Airlifter award

    A Citizen Airman in the 507th Air Refueling Wing here won the Combat Airlifter of the Week award April 25 from the 913th Airlift Group at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.

  • Reserve defenders keep watch

    A group of Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron here deployed March 31 to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to support the Afghan Air Force in their fight against insurgents in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.

  • TINKER HISTORY: Stinson L-5

    The Stinson L-5 “Sentinel” was a high-wing, single-engine liaison aircraft with a tricycle landing gear configuration.The L-5 was an improved version of Stinson’s commercial Model 105 Voyager and earned the nickname “Flying Jeep” due to its versatility and ruggedness.The Stinson L-5 competed against

  • Tinker Honorary Commanders take flight with 507th ARW

    Debra Toufel, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business director of public private partnerships, and member of the Tinker Air Force Base Honorary Commander's 2017 Class takes a photo through the fuselage window of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a local training flight April 6, 2017, from