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  • Airmen, Sailors graduate from leadership school

    Thirty-one Airmen and two Sailors graduated from Tinker's Airman Leadership School last week.Graduates and award winners are:Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREEPetty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin SergentFleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron SEVENPetty Officer 3rd Class Dandrell Williams72nd Aerial Port

  • Around Tinker: FOD Fighters

    The 567th AMXS/MXDPA B-1 Integrated Battle Station Section. They are the OC-ALC Quarterly FOD award winner for FY16-2.The shop earned this achievement based on its ability to apply the crew concept, meaning the docks were divided evenly among the aircraft skills. The decision to assign work areas

  • First AFRC tanker goes digital at

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing here is the first Air Force Reserve Command unit to receive the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade, an improvement to the flight deck that provides flight crews with an updated autopilot and digital panels that eliminate analog instrument gauges by consolidating the outdated

  • Air Force Sustainment Center vice commander promoted to brigadier general

    Col. Tom D. Miller, Air Force Sustainment Center vice commander, was promoted to brigadier general in a formal ceremony May 10 in the Tinker Club ballroom. His effective date of promotion was May 3.AFSC Commander Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II was the presiding officer for the promotion.General Miller's

  • New AFSC Financial Management leader takes the helm

    Elwood "Eddie" C. Lewis III was promoted to the Senior Executive Service here, April 3, as he became the director of Financial Management for the Air Force Sustainment Center. Mr. Lewis' official ceremony was held in the Anaconda Room on April 15, 2016, where he was surrounded by family, friends and

  • 552nd ACW supports presidents' trip to South America

    Members of the 552nd Air Control Wing once again displayed their versatility as a wing and their ability to work as a team by supporting a recent presidential visit to South America.The wing deployed two E-3 "Sentry" Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft and two crews -- primarily from the

  • OC-ALC manager reveals key to work safety

    Randey Hayes' commitment to safety doesn't stop outside the Tinker Air Force Base gates.If Mr. Hayes, an occupational safety manager for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, happens to walk through the sliding automatic doors of a big-box retail store and he sees the edge of a floor mat curled

  • AFMC command chaplain offers keys to resilient leadership

    Inspiring resilient leaders was the main goal of the Air Force Materiel Command's command chaplain during a May 3 luncheon at the Tinker Club.Chaplain (Col.) Shon Neyland spoke to the leaders in attendance about how they can get their mindsets right and how to make sure they're taking care of