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  • Tinker to salute Vietnam veterans

    America has a rich heritage of service and its veterans symbolize that commitment. While there has been an outpouring of support, honor and respect for veterans returning from combat in the Middle East and Afghanistan, it is right and appropriate to take a moment to also honor those who served in

  • Many AFMC employees to convert to AcqDemo Pay and Appraisal System

    Some 13,000 Air Force Materiel Command personnel have been notified they will transition to the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) pay system on June 12.For those converting to AcqDemo, their current GS performance period will end on June 11 and they

  • COMMENTARY: Fraud hurts everyone

      As employees of the Air Force, we are all very aware of external threats to the Air Force mission.When we drive onto the base, we see what our force protection posture is. When we log onto our computers, we see what our information protection posture is, and we even get notices of severe weather!

  • 552nd ACW getting new entry control facility

    If you have visited the 552nd Air Control Wing lately, you might have noticed quite a bit of construction going on.Three projects are going on simultaneously, including a new entry control facility, installation of E-3 fuel hydrants in the parking ramp "birdcage" and re-enforcement of the aircraft

  • UNDER CONSTRUCTION

    There are orange cones and temporary fencing in several locations across the base, and for good reason too: progress.Brad Beam, 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate deputy, said some of these projects have been sorely needed.The new fuel station on the corner of Vanaman and Air Depot is

  • Surprise! TOSC scholarship recipients awarded twice as much as expected

    Fourteen scholarship winners showed up to the April 13 Tinker Officers' Spouses' Club luncheon knowing they would walk out with money to help with their college experiences. In the end, they left with double the expected amount, thanks to a generous donation from the guest speaker.A total of $15,000

  • Canadians set to defend Can/Am Cup

    After eight years of tradition, the 552nd Air Control Wing Can/Am Cup is more than a game.It's an event.That's how USAF Maj. Derrick Iwanenko - one of the game's co-founders - describes it. He'll be playing April 29 in the eighth annual Can/Am Cup, the free hockey skirmish between the 552nd's

  • Showtime knocks off No. 1 seed to advance/Football playoffs start Tuesday

    Showtime upset No. 1 seed Flight Controllers 49-36 on Tuesday to advance in the intramural basketball tournament.Results after Tuesday night's games (the latest results available due to Take Off deadlines) had Bunch of Losers also advancing with a 42-37 victory over 72 MDG. 552 OSS beat SCW-1 by

  • AFAF campaign extended to April 26

    The Tinker installation commander has extended the Air Force Assistance Fund donation campaign to help boost Tinker's contributions to the charity by and for Airmen.Last year the AFAF-funded Air Force Aid Society office at Tinker's Airman and Family Readiness Center provided more than $200,000 in

  • 552nd ACW deploys first E-3 Block 40/45 to PACAF

    Members of the 552nd Air Control Wing once again made history recently by deploying the first-ever E-3G "Sentry" Airborne Warning and Control System Block 40/45 aircraft to the Pacific Air Force area of operations.The wing also made history late last year by deploying the first E-3G to a combat