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  • DeLange takes command of 38th CEIG

    On a muggy Thursday morning with the sun beaming down, Lt. Col. Eric DeLange accepted command of the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group. Col. Paul Welch, commander of the 688th Information Operations Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, presided over the event July 11 in front of the

  • 848th SCMG welcomes new commander

    Col. Rod Bloker is the new 848th Supply Chain Management Group commander. Standing in front of approximately 100 members from the local and Tinker community during the July 10 ceremony, he accepted command from Col. Tim Henke, 448th Supply Chain Management Wing vice director. Colonel Bloker replaces

  • Combat Air Forces, 552 ACW, to resume flying

    In response to a decision by Congress to return combat flying units to full status after a three-month hiatus, the 552nd Air Control Wing has received additional flying hours from Air Combat Command, their higher headquarters, the wing's Operations Group commander has confirmed."The additional hours

  • Reserve AWACS unit wins 17th outstanding unit award

    The 513th Air Control Group was awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptional meritorious service from Dec. 5, 2010, through Dec. 4, 2012.During that period, the 513th excelled both at home station and abroad on two major deployments to Southwest Asia. While deployed in support of

  • Reaper engine work coming to Tinker

    Tinker AFB will have a key role in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper engines.The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex will service the Reaper's Honeywell TPE331-10GD turboprop engine. Tinker civilian employees perform depot maintenance on B-52 and B-1B bombers, E-3

  • 76th PMXG commander to retire after 25-year career

    When Col. Bob Helgeson arrived at Tinker three years ago to assume command of the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, "The engines were managing us," he recalls.The Defense Logistics Agency, the Life Cycle Management propulsion team, Original Equipment Manufacturers and 448th Supply Chain Management

  • 448th SCMW director aims for forecast accuracy

    The new director of the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, Steven K. Alsup, is focused on achieving a 70 percent Demand Forecast Accuracy Rate, "which will be a world-class benchmark when we hit it." Many major corporations "would love to even come close to 70 percent."From July 2012 until Mr.

  • Colonel Vician leads 72nd MSG

    A host of civilian and military personnel from Tinker AFB gave a warm sendoff recently to the outgoing commander of the 72nd Mission Support Group, Col. Julie Boit, and greeted the new commander, Col. Todd Vician."Today we bid farewell to a devoted leader" and welcome her successor, "another

  • Greening Tinker: Base buys 8 CNG pickups

    Tinker has acquired eight new pickups that are powered by compressed natural gas, a fuel that is cheaper and burns cleaner than gasoline and is plentiful in Oklahoma."We want to get even more of them," and probably will as vehicles in the base motor-pool fleet wear out, said Earl Wade, deputy

  • AF leaders stand behind civilians during tough furlough times

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III send the following furlough message to the Airmen of the United States Air Force:As you all know, Department of Defense civilian furloughs begin this week. With few exceptions, our civilian Airmen face