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  • 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

  • Four AFSC people among command award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command honored its top Airmen of 2015 during the command's Annual Excellence Awards Banquet March 9.Four members of the Air Force Sustainment Center -- Tech. Sgt. Kasmir A. Alford, 72nd Medical Support Squadron;  Master Sgt. Brian S. Partido, 72nd Medical Group; Maj. David R.

  • AFSC/LG deputy retires

    Col. Jeff Meserve, deputy director of Logistics with the Air Force Sustainment Center, is retiring.The colonel, who has been stationed at Tinker twice, has some advice for the new deputy."There's a ton of issues that you'll be dealing with, a mile wide, a mile deep," he said. "Don't get comfortable

  • Tinker weather officer explains common terms

    If you've lived in Oklahoma longer than a week, you know the weather changes quickly. Weather in the springtime can get a little sketchy, so it is imperative to stay aware.Severe thunderstorms, high winds, hail and, of course, tornadoes typically occur between March and May. Although, Capt. Casey

  • 'Have a plan' for active shooters, 72nd SFS sergeant says

    Calm thinking, knowing what to do when choosing to "run, hide or fight," and a survivor's winning mindset are keys to living through an active shooter situation, a 72nd Security Forces Squadron instructor said recently.Staff Sgt. Joseph Jones spoke at a March 9 preparedness briefing at the Tinker

  • Med Group stitches up 19-6 win

    In a clash of last year's intramural football champions, 72nd Med Group scored three touchdowns to take down 552 AMXS 19-6 on Tuesday.Med Group, the spring 2015 champions, scored TDs on a 50-yard breakaway run and two passes. AMXS won last year's fall league.Neither squad scored in the first half.

  • DENIED: Flight Controllers nix 72 MDG comeback

    The top-flight Flight Controllers preserved their unblemished season last week with a last-second basket to win by a point over heavy contenders 72 MDG in the Monday-Wednesday League.Flight Controllers, 8-0, led 72 MDG the entire game until the last 5.5 seconds when Med Group stunningly seized the

  • Hawks go 1-for-1 vs. McConnell

    The Tinker Hawks varsity basketball team crushed McConnell AFB by 35 points last Saturday.The Tornadoes recovered quickly, though, and won the second game 89-86.Coach Jonathan Morgan said McConnell had trouble with cold shooting in the first matchup. The Hawks prevailed 88-53."We caught fire a