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  • Ceremony set to celebrate new work in Bldg. 9001

    The wait is almost over. The official open house for Bldg. 9001, the newest addition to the Tinker Aerospace Complex, is Monday. Several hundred people are scheduled to attend the event in the former General Motors automobile assembly plant. Among those speaking at the open house are Gen. Donald

  • Chief of staff settles into new spot

    A portrait of a B-52 -- call sign Raider 21 -- hangs on the office wall. The aircraft and its six-man crew were lost little more than a year ago during deployment to Guam. A beautiful portrait of the aircraft in flight, it is still a stark reminder of the cost of conflict. It also serves as a

  • Highly-respected 552 ACW Command Chief retires

    After over 29 years of service, August 14 is the last day Chief Master Sgt. James "Jim" Foltz, command chief, 552nd Air Control Wing, will serve as an active duty member of the United States Air Force. Countless friends, family members, and colleagues have travelled to Tinker for his retirement

  • People-focused commander retires

    "The Air Force has afforded me the opportunity to meet people," explains Col. Jim Eilers, commander of the 72nd Mission Support Group. "It's amazing the people you meet along the way and the relationships you build." Col. Eilers' career spanned the globe and after 33 years, many of the people met

  • Col. Cotts takes over at 38th EIG

    The former deputy commander and commander of the 3rd Combat Communications Group is back at Tinker, this time as the new commander of the 38th Engineering Installation Group. Col. Christopher D. Cotts assumed command of the 38th EIG June 30. He was the deputy commander and commander of the 3rd Herd

  • ALC chief of staff set for transition

    Patti Ripple said, bar none, she will miss the people of Tinker. After a near 30-year career at Tinker, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center chief of staff and deputy to the commander for support will soon depart to the National Defense University's Industrial College of the Armed Forces. As a

  • Spreading the word for career field important to contracting officer

    Even though he's "just" an Air Force contracting officer, Capt. Jamey Hartsel and his team contributed greatly to the deployed mission in Iraq. It's important to him to get the story out on the often overlooked contributions of his career field. "You don't hear a lot of stories about the Air Force

  • Nearly five years in Iraq: Tinker AAFES employee dedicated to mission

    In 2004, David Lukinbill, an Army and Air Force Exchange Service employee from Tinker, volunteered for an overseas deployment to Iraq. After six months abroad, the Oklahoma native did the seemingly unthinkable he volunteered to stay ... for another four years. Mr. Lukinbill returned to Tinker this

  • Reflecting on a local gathering of warriors

    A few days after a reporter had published an article about the 40 year reunion of my rescuers, I received a phone call. I was invited to attend a small gathering of veterans. Hesitant to accept the invitation, I reluctantly decided at the last minute to go ahead and go because the gentleman that had

  • Land of lizards

    They knew he was there, his camouflage blending in with the long grass. The searchers moved slowly, peering intently at the ground and prodding occasionally at the grass while listening to the beeping of the radio transponder that told them their prey was close. But the searchers aren't soldiers