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  • Fat Albert gets stripped at Tinker

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex works on a fair share of C-130 aircraft, but seldom gets to work on one belonging to the Navy Blue Angels. “Fat Albert,” a tactical transport aircraft flown by an all-Marine crew, was at Tinker being stripped of its signature paint job.

  • Special opportunity

    Tech. Sgt. Willie Hoover, center, an information controller with the 89th Aerial Port Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., describes his duties to Senior Airman Mason, right, 552nd Maintenance Squadron, during a tour of a C-40A aircraft used by the 89th Airlift Wing to transport senior

  • Tinker Chapter celebrates Women’s Equality Day

    The Tinker Chapter of Federally Employed Women came together Aug. 25 to discuss women’s suffrage at the Tinker Chapel. During the luncheon, Col. Hilary Feaster, the deputy director of logistics for the Air Force Sustainment Center, underscored appreciation for Women’s Equality Day and the right to

  • Keeping foodborne illness at bay

    With the Labor Day weekend up on us, the Public Health Flight offers tips on protecting yourself from foodborne illnesses.

  • General Richardson gives KC-46A progress report at symposium

    The first active-duty KC-46A Pegasus is slated to arrive at Tinker Air Force Base for routine maintenance three years from now, but preparations for the new aerial refueling tanker are in full swing across the Air Force, the program’s executive officer said. Brig. Gen. Duke Richardson, the Air Force

  • Tinker represented at COSTEMA designation ceremony Aug. 8

    Education, community, business and industry partners – including representatives from Tinker Air Force Base — came together Aug. 8 to officially launch the Central Oklahoma STEM Alliance, or COSTEMA, in a designation ceremony held in the Blue Room of the State Capitol.

  • Admirable visit

    Charles Alley, 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron director, right, explains the areas where cracks that lead to the need to replace lower segment halves in the B-52 landing gear are typically found to Adm. Cecil Haney, commander, U.S. Strategic Command, during a visit to Bldg. 2121 on Aug. 12. The

  • CareerTech partnership creates jobs pipeline for OC-ALC

    The announcement last fall that the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex planned to hire 1,000 people in 100 days made headlines across Oklahoma and beyond. To meet the ambitious goal, the OC-ALC revived a hiring program it hadn’t used in many years: the Helper-Trainee program.