Carter Announces Operation Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal

Service members who serve or have served in Iraq or Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve will receive the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in Tampa, Florida, today.Carter announced the new award during the U.S. Central Command change-of-command ceremony.

Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Visits Tinker

The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will visit here Friday, April 1, for an update on missions of the Air Force Sustainment Center, headquartered at Tinker Air Force Base, and Team Tinker's contribution to the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence.Air Force Sustainment Center Commander,

Crosstalks aimed at improving KC-135 service

Experts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Reserve, National Guard Bureau and the Legacy Tanker Division conducted a customer support visit here and at two other bases, March 14-18, to listen to unit concerns regarding KC-135 "Stratotanker" support and logistics.The team,

Tinker tops $1 million in CFC drive

Key staff and volunteers were recognized Tuesday for outstanding achievements in helping Tinker Air Force Base raise over $1 million in the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign.The base total of $1,031,292 represented nearly half of the $2.3 million in donations from federal employees in the 16-county

PHOTO: Emerging leaders

VITA office halfway through tax season

The Tinker Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Office program provides tax preparation and electronic filing services for active duty military members, military retirees, dependents of active duty and retirees, and Air Reserve Component members performing Active Guard/Reserve by appointment. Reservists

Tinker youth learn to Kick Butts

On March 16, teens from the Tinker Youth Center took part in Kick Butts Day, an event aimed at teaching them the dangers of tobacco. It's also a day that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco.Laura Crowder, Tinker's Health Promotion manager, was on hand to share

Air Force announces new AFMC command chief

Air Force officials announced March 24, 2016, the assignment of Chief Master Sgt. Jason L. France as the command chief sergeant of Air Force Materiel Command. He is currently the command chief master sergeant of the Air Force Sustainment Center at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The command's

Casual league strikes big on morale

It's a Monday night and the WBL is rockin' the house.The walls of the Tinker Bowling Center echo with the sounds of bowling balls bashing the boards and the ice-bucket clatter of pins crashing into each other. A mom cradles a baby girl in the crook of an elbow as dad lifts a ball to his chest and

AFMC strategic plan to help carry Air Force to Third Offset

Agility and innovation are cornerstones of a new Air Force Materiel Command strategic plan that will deliver war-winning capabilities. Those capabilities will propel the Air Force as a key element of the future national defense strategy known as the Third Offset.The first "offset" came in the 1950s