Largest Air Force ESPC awarded at Tinker Air Logistics Complex

The Defense Logistics Agency Energy awarded an energy savings performance contract Dec. 13 for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, or OC-ALC, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The $262 million project, the largest in the Air Force, was awarded to Honeywell International, Inc., to modernize 50

448th SCMW named best in DOD

The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing has been recognized as being the best Workforce Development Office in all of Department of Defense.  They are supported in this endeavor by The 431st Supply Chain Management Squadron, a matrixed organization of 54 people co-located at Robins Air Force Base;

Air Force Marathon registration to open Jan. 2

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – If you missed registering for the sold-out 2016 Air Force Marathon, mark Jan. 2 at 9 a.m. EST on your calendar. That’s when registration will begin for the 2017 event.  Registration will open with special New Year’s resolution discounts, and participants who

Civilian overseas assignments: A great way to serve

The thought of serving the country as a civilian had never crossed my mind, never seriously anyway. I had received previous email solicitations for civil service jobs overseas and had always deleted them. I read an email asking for interest in a job at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, and I

Domestic Violence can happen to anyone

Bringing awareness to the problem that is domestic violence – that was the focus of a recent lunch and learn. According to the American Psychological Association, every nine seconds in the United States a woman is assaulted or beaten. On average every day, one man and three women will lose their

Intramural basketball league season begins

The sounds of squeaking sneakers and the excited shouts of intramural basketball are bouncing off the walls of the Gerrity Fitness Center again. Play began Dec. 5 among 18 teams divided into separated military and civilian leagues. The 12 military teams will play at 5:15, 6:15 and 7:15 p.m. Tuesdays

AFMC executive director visits Tinker

The Air Force Materiel Command executive director recently made her first trip to Tinker Air Force Base since taking the top civilian spot.

AFSC senior leaders provide STEM students with ‘jet fuel’ in discussion

Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II visited the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Dec. 1 to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the state-funded, two-year residential high school. The general’s visit also provided an opportunity to

AFMC leaders share holiday message with workforce

AWACS puts eyes in the sky over Tyndall to support Checkered Flag 17-1/Combat Archer 17-3

The 552nd Air Control Wing from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., deployed an E-3 Sentry and more than 80 Airmen to Tyndall AFB to provide command, control and communications support during a large scale aerial exercise.