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  • Tinker crew commander spends year in skies

     Maj. Jon Williams, 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron mission crew commander, reached a year's worth of flying hours as an air battle manager on an E-3 Sentry, Jan. 15. Throughout Major Williams' 28-year career he has flown 1,102 sorties supporting the Airborne Warning and Control

  • HONORED GUEST: Veteran WWII pilot recognized at center

    A white Cadillac DTS arrived at Bldg. 3001's main entrance Dec. 29. Its driver, Army Air Corps retired Maj. William "Skipper" McClendon, stepped out of the vehicle. Donned in a faded-blue dress uniform, with medals of yesteryear, Major McClendon, a native Oklahoman, greeted his friend Maj. Gen.

  • Dedicated team readying TAC

    Six Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center shops will relocate to the much talked-about Tinker Aerospace Complex later this year. To prepare, hundreds of Air Force and Oklahoma County personnel are planning through the logistics and organizational issues that must be worked prior to the moves. Each day,

  • Command nominates Tinker for excellence

    Tinker has been selected by the Air Force Materiel Command to compete for the 2009 Commander-in-Chief's Annual Awards for Installation Excellence. Team Tinker will now compete against other commands' nominees for the award. A board will review the nominations and select two finalists. Once that

  • 60 years after the war, Airman’s granddad gets honor he is due

    Four years of military service left Hilario L. Riojas missing something for 62 years. Mr. Riojas, grandfather of Senior Airman Crystal Garza, 552nd Air Control Wing, has finally received his Purple Heart after serving his country during World War II. According to military documents, he should have

  • General sends special Thanksgiving message

    To the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Airmen, both military and civilian, Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I would like to share my thoughts with you. I have been amazed at the generosity I have seen on and off base this year. You, and the others at Tinker, have given more than $1.8 million to the

  • Tinker, community celebrate TAC partnership

    Prominent Air Force, Tinker, state and community leaders participated in an Oct. 23 ceremony celebrating the Tinker Aerospace Complex lease signing. "Today we have a special and happy opportunity to formally inaugurate the Tinker Aerospace Complex," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley.

  • Navy ball celebrates 233 years afloat

    The Navy's Strategic Communications Wing ONE at Tinker Air Force Base, the Oklahoma City Navy League, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and Oklahoma civic and business leaders came together to celebrate the Navy's 233rd birthday. The Oklahoma Navy Birthday Ball, held at the National

  • Tinker veteran guest speaker at Pentagon award ceremony

    Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England praised the work and contributions provided by disabled Defense Department contract employees at a Pentagon award ceremony Oct. 9. Secretary England introduced former Army Spc. Nathan S. Short, 28, the ceremony's guest speaker. Mr. Short is a medically

  • Air Force, county partner to provide Tinker expansion room

    The Air Force has signed a long-term lease agreement with Oklahoma County that will enable the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center to establish the Tinker Aerospace Complex here. "The Air Force is very pleased to enter into a low-cost, long-term lease agreement with Oklahoma for the prior GM facility