News Search

News

  • Fat Albert makes a stop at Tinker

    Fat Albert, the Blue Angels’ C-130 cargo plane used for transporting crew and equipment to air shows around the country, is currently undergoing a chemical de-paint process here at Tinker after severe corrosion was found on it. It will take crews working three continuous shifts to thoroughly clean

  • Exercise makes excellence

    72nd Air Base Wing leaders coordinated on-scene response personnel Aug. 9 during an active shooter exercise. From left, 72nd Security Forces Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Steven Ohlmeyer, OSI Det 114 Commander Special Agent Brandon Farley and 72nd ABW Commander Col. Stephanie Wilson directed all

  • Working together

    Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, center, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, is surrounded by commanders and senior leaders from subordinate units brought together for a Commanders Conference Aug. 3-4 at Tinker. General Levy discussed and took inputs from the commanders on the AFSC Strategic Plan in a

  • Always stay alert for suspicious packages

    Suspicious packages or letters don’t turn up very often on Tinker Air Force Base, but that’s no reason to let one’s guard down, the base’s antiterrorism program manager says.

  • Tinker runners tackle Air Force Marathon

    The Team Tinker Marathon Team will head to Ohio next month to compete in the 2016 Air Force Marathon. Fifteen runners will travel to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for the Sept. 17 race.

  • 552nd ACW warfighters return from deployment

    More than 250 Airmen from the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron and the 552nd Maintenance Group returned to Tinker, July 21, from a nearly five-month long deployment to Southwest Asia.   Colonel Richard Land III, 552nd Operations Group commander, was the first person in the receiving line to shake

  • Tooling Around: Automated tool cribs to help control cost, monitor material

    Soon, maintenance workers in the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex will have a new process to get the bench stock material they need to do their job. As GEN II contract comes to a close, it’s time for a new type of contract. The new contract will allow the Air Force to control cost and monitor