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  • 12th Air Force commander talks resiliency with 552nd ACW Airmen

    "You live in the best time ever," Lt. Gen. Chris Nowland, 12th Air Force commander and Air Forces Southern commander, told members of the 552nd Air Control Wing last week.The general spoke at an all-call March 30, sharing a positive message for the troops regarding leadership, the four pillars of

  • AFSC receives Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

    The Air Force Sustainment Center has been awarded the 2014 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award.The award is bestowed for exceptionally meritorious service or exceptionally outstanding achievement that clearly sets the unit above and apart from similar units.Thirty-eight organizations, offices

  • Preparations for 2015 local Wage Grade Survey underway

    The Federal Wage System was developed under the provisions of public law in 1972. Rates of pay for employees in the FWS (WS, WD, WL, WG) are identified as prevailing rates, which means they are reflective of pay rates for similar private sector jobs in the same geographical area. Prevailing rates

  • Airman Leadership School class 15-C graduates

    Thirty-three Tinker Airmen and one Sailor recently graduated from Airman Leadership School. Graduates and award winners are:552nd Air Control Networks SquadronSenior Airman James FoulksSenior Airman Austin Goldstein, Distinguished Graduate & Leadership Award winner552nd Aircraft Maintenance

  • Briefing unblurs the line between media, abuse culture

    Unlike some of the subtle messages objectifying women in advertising, the message delivered by Andrea Hamar Edmondson to a Tinker audience last week was loud and clear.During an April 3 discussion about rape and the media, Ms. Edmondson from the Oklahoma State Department of Health said it's time to

  • Employee Enhancement Program graduates 87

    Eighty-seven individuals recently graduated from the yearlong Tinker Employee Enhancement Program.The EEP is a leadership and knowledge enhancement program to develop and broaden participants' leadership skills and knowledge of the mission, structure and business activities of key organizations at

  • Senate confirms AFMC leaders for promotion

    Air Force officials announced March 27 the Senate confirmation of five Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders' nominations.Officials announced the Senate confirmation of Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, military deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the

  • Rules changing for base renters insurance

    Airmen who start a new lease after April 1 for privatized homes on Tinker AFB will no longer have renters insurance provided by the Balfour Beatty Communities, base officials said.However, current leaseholders, including anyone still within the first year of the term, will continue to have renters

  • AFSC/EN announces second cycle of educational program

    Air Force Sustainment Center Engineering and Technical Management DirectorateThe Air Force Sustainment Center Engineering and Technical Management Directorate is announcing the second cycle of the Enhanced Education for Electronics Engineering Technician Development Program.This educational program