Reserve units reschedule UTAs

The 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group have rescheduled their October Unit Training Assemblies due to the ongoing budget uncertainties. The 513th ACG's Oct. 5-6 UTA is rescheduled for Oct. 19-20. The 507th ARW's Oct. 5-6 UTA is rescheduled for Nov. 23-24."Due to the uncertainty of

B-1 receives upgrade at MROTC

On Sept. 26, B-1 Lancer aircraft tail No. 122 received the first massive Integrated Battle Station upgrade performed at the Oklahoma Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Technology Center.The IBS modification provides new avionics computers and wiring upgrades to the B-1. Radar sustainability and

Be more vigilant: Protect passwords, government systems

In an era when identities can be easily stolen and networks compromised, Air Force Sustainment Center officials are urging its network users to be more careful. By adhering to two requests, the number of attempted hacker intrusions and virus downloads can be drastically reduced.Officials stress that

Base making progress in decentralization project

Tinker's steam decentralization project, said to be the Air Force's largest domestic energy retrofit project, replaces outdated central steam plants with new heat-generating, energy-efficient equipment supplied by individualized gas lines that will run to each building. Tinker has four central

AFSC cements status as strategic asset, efficiency pioneer

The Air Force Sustainment Center is a strategic asset that is not only gaining attention for its ability to generate airpower, but for its business approach as well.Listening to the center's director of logistics and its three air logistics complex commanders, it's clear the center's current

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Tinker employees enroll in engineering program

Two mechanics at Tinker AFB enrolled in a new Engineering Technician program at Moore Norman Technology Center in hopes the knowledge will advance their careers, and a third is increasing his education.Joseph Miller, a pneudraulic systems mechanic with the 76th Commodities Maintenance Group, said

'Off We Go Energy Reduction Competition' crowns new winner: OC-ALC's Bldg. 3113

The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex's Bldg. 3113 swept the competition. During the three-month summer "Off We Go Energy Reduction Competition," building personnel reduced electric energy consumption by 16 percent over the same period in fiscal 2012. At the Energy Steering Group meeting Sept. 25,

Tinker has key role in engineering course

With assistance from engineers employed in the public and private sectors alike, Moore Norman Technology Center has developed a year-long Engineering Technician program, and half of the students in the inaugural course are from Tinker AFB."We hosted an aerospace industry needs meeting on Sept. 24,

Sustainment planning in progress as production starts on KC-46A

With the completion recently of the technical review phase on the new Air Force aerial refueling tanker, production can begin on the first four aircraft in which flight testing will be performed."These will be the prototypes," said Jody LeBlanc, KC-46 Product Support Integrator in the Air Force Life