Hagel Explains Furloughs in Message to Workforce

In a message to the Defense Department workforce, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today explained why he "very reluctantly" decided that a historic budget shortfall necessitates up to 11 unpaid furlough days for most of the department's civilian employees between July 8 and the Sept. 30 end of the

Armed Forces Day Parade May 11

Services set for Tinker Airman

Services for an Airman assigned to the 552nd Operations Support Squadron at Tinker, one of four Airmen killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, will be held Monday at Rose State College in Midwest City.Services for Staff Sgt. Daniel N. Fannin, 30, of Morehead, Ky., a former

Tinker AFLCMC units mark successes

Tinker personnel attached to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have achieved several significant successes in recent months, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, the commander, highlighted recently.· B-1 personnel fielded two quick-reaction software changes that provided additional combat capability and

‘State of AFLCMC’ Commander visits Tinker, speaks at annual Dining Out

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is "on the path" to becoming "an integrated team focused on acquisition and product support for the warfighter," the commander, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, said recently. "We have made significant progress toward forging into one team delivering integrated,

Tinker civilian wins Air Force award

Mike Mowles wasn't the first, second or third person to learn the big news. In fact, he may have been one of the last to learn he won an Air Force-level award.The 2012 Air Force Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez award for the Civilian Manager-category recipient didn't nominate himself, nor was he aware when his

AFMC commander visits Sustainment Center, air logistics complexes

Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger and AFMC Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Warner visited the command's air logistics complexes the week of April 15 for the first time since AFMC declared initial operational capability of its 5-Center reorganization Oct. 1,

NASA’s Super Guppy has two-week stay at Tinker

They were welcomed back and welcomed home. Although a quick trip, it proved invaluable for NASA and DynCorp International aircraft mechanic Bob Coyne.Over the past two weeks ending today, a team of NASA engineers, four contracted mechanics and one supervisor camped out in a Tinker hangar. Using base

Team Tinker mourns loss of ‘brother’ killed in Afghanistan

Team Tinker members went on about their business with a heavy heart this week, following the news that one of their own died on Saturday in a plane crash in southern Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.Staff Sgt. Daniel N. Fannin, 30, a Sensor Operator assigned to the 552nd

Hagel to Make Furlough Decision Soon, Press Secretary Says

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will make a decision soon on the scope of civilian furloughs in response to sequestration spending cuts, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today.Hagel is reviewing analysis on the budget "and he'll reach a decision in the near future," Little told