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  • QA: Partners in Production

    Quality Assurance inspectors in the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex are taking strides to help the Air Force save money by becoming partners in production with workers on the shop floors and the flight line. This partnership is maximizing workflow, reducing discrepancies while increasing

  • Exercise brings readiness into focus

    Over 1,100 Citizen Airmen of the 507th Air Refueling Wing here came together for an intense five-day exercise here June 1-5 in order to evaluate the wing’s operational readiness, with emphasis on the wing’s nuclear support and deterrence mission.

  • AROUND TINKER: Diamond Sharp Airman

    Tech. Sgt. Rowena EnnisUnit: 72nd Dental SquadronDuty title: NCOIC, Records and ReceptionTime in service: 16 years, 2 monthsSergeant Ennis deserves the Diamond Sharp Award for her demonstrated dedication to the mission, community support and leadership. As the Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge of

  • B-52 CONECTs to the digital age

    The venerable B-52 Stratofortress, our nation's preeminent strategic bomber, is getting the first major upgrade to its communications system in many years, making it an even more lethal weapon system in the Air Force's arsenal.OC-ALC's 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is installing Combat Network

  • OPSEC: Protect your CAC

    Information on a common access card isn't meant to be common knowledge.Jennifer Carrico, the Installation Operations Security Program manager with the 72nd Air Base Wing Plans and Programs Office, said everyone plays a part in operations security at Tinker Air Force Base. That includes taking

  • Paint rounds make mark in training

    The 72nd Security Forces Squadron recently added a valuable new tool to its arsenal of training options - dye-marker cartridges.When fired, the rounds mark where they landed like paint ball ammo, but they can be fired from Air Force service weapons such as the M4 carbine and M9 handgun."It's going

  • Plan ahead for PCS moves with tips from PPPO

    One of the biggest issues facing military members in the midst of a permanent change of station move is the damages that may occur during the shipment of their household goods.Whether you are moving across the street or across the country there is a chance that your items may be damaged during

  • Airmen, Sailors graduate from leadership school

    Forty-one Airmen and four Sailors graduated from Tinker's Airman Leadership School on June 30. Graduates and award winners are:Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREEPetty Officer 3rd Class Christina SchlossFleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron FOURPetty Officer 3rd Class Tyler CarrPetty Officer 3rd

  • OC-ALC master’s program builds leaders, savings

    Six mid-career Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex professionals graduated from ALC-sponsored master's degree programs that simultaneously helped to potentially save millions of dollars for the complex.Resources Section Chief Shaun Coffman with the 76th Maintenance Support Group called his

  • AROUND TINKER: 72nd ABW members honored with Wildcatter Awards

    Two members of the 72nd Comptroller Squadron were recently honored with Wildcatter Awards by 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Stephanie Wilson.Since her arrival in August 2015, Airman 1st Class Pamela Yim has become the face of finance, briefing all personnel PCSing to Tinker. She is the primary