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  • TINKER HISTORY: Piper L-4 Cub

    The Piper Aircraft Corporation L-4 “Grasshopper” was a high-wing, single-engine liaison aircraft with tricycle landing gear configuration. The L-4 was an improved version of the highly successful Piper J-3 ‘Cub’ through the addition of a radio and military paint and markings. Large sales of the L-4

  • Stately visit

    Several members of Oklahoma’s House of Representatives freshman class visited Tinker Air Force Base on Wednesday to learn more about the critical missions being performed here and how those missions relate to the state. The visit provided an opportunity for base leaders to show off Oklahoma’s own

  • Tinker hosts Aircraft Maintenance Group Summit

    Tinker hosted the Air Force Sustainment Center’s annual Aircraft Maintenance Group Summit Feb. 14-16. Along with aircraft maintenance group leadership, the summit included approximately 50 members from Robins and Hill Air Force Bases, group commanders, deputy directors, squadron leaders, business

  • No-drones rule includes air show

    Operating Unmanned Aircraft Systems is off limits within five miles of Tinker Air Force Base without permission. When the base hosts the Star Spangled Salute Air Show May 20-21, there will be zero exceptions.Maj. Robert Hughes, 72nd Operations Support Squadron Director of Operations, said a

  • AFAF: Giving makes a difference

    For decades, the Air Force Assistance Fund has raised funds to support our Air Force families in need. The AFAF has made a difference in the lives of our Airmen and their families and will continue to do so in the years to come because of one important element – YOU! Each year men and women from

  • Airmen graduate from Tinker Airman Leadership School

    Thirty-four Airmen graduated from Tinker’s Airman Leadership School last month.Graduates are:122nd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronSenior Airman Griffin BertrandSenior Airman Kacey Johnson137th Aeromed Evacuation SquadronSenior Airman Joshua Hommen-Roddy507th Medical SquadronSenior Airman Maggie Green,

  • Largest energy-saving contract in AF history

    The ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the commencement of a $243 million facility and energy modernization project at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, but the celebration was more significant than just recognizing the largest energy savings initiative in Air Force history.“Today is the day we

  • Energy Team earns OMB Director’s Award

    The Office of Management and Budget bestowed the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Energy Team a prestigious Director’s Award last week for its work on an historic energy- and cost-saving contract.The award recognizes the OC-ALC’s part in helping the federal government meet the $4 billion

  • 75th Anniversary coin, logo represent history

    How do you put 75 years of history together into one simple anniversary logo?That was the question Tinker’s 75th Anniversary design committee had to answer, and it wasn’t easy.“We had several things to consider, like being home to three flying wings from three major commands, one air base wing, a

  • Child abuse prevention month

    Each April, blue ribbons flutter from trees, bushes and structures in Oklahoma to observe Child Abuse Prevention Month. At Tinker, Family Advocacy enlisted the help of parents, children, teens, center staff plus volunteers from 11 Air Force and Navy squadrons to tie blue ribbons at the three Child