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  • 5th annual Can/Am hockey game slated

    The fifth annual 552nd Air Control Wing Can/Am Cup hockey game is set for March 22. The contest will be held at Blazers Ice Centre in south Oklahoma City, starting at 6 p.m.The ice hockey game is intended to "support and strengthen the camaraderie between the 552 ACW and the Canadian AWACS

  • AFMC to implement sequestration cuts, analyze impacts

    As a result of sequestration taking effect on March 1, the Air Force is expected to absorb more than $12 billion in reductions this fiscal year while simultaneously working to mitigate an overseas contingency operations funding shortfall and operating under a highly restrictive continuing

  • 548th PMXS shop eliminates wasteful operations; saves time, cost, space

    By taking a simplistic approach to process improvement, 548th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron Blade and Gearbox Unit personnel achieved staggering results. They reduced backlog, flow days and customer costs. Like their 76th Maintenance Support Group and 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group counterparts,

  • AFSC recognizes military award winners

    Five Air Force Sustainment Center Airmen recently received highly revered military awards. The award winners come from Tinker, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.; and Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Each displayed professional achievements, significant self-improvements and involvement in base or community

  • Commentary: Continuing our legacy of caring

    Seventy-one years ago this week, the vision and generosity of Oklahomans enabled the War Department to officially start depot maintenance operations on what would become Tinker Air Force Base.Those aerospace pioneers saw a need for our nation and worked together as a community to fill it. Over the

  • Air Force Assistance Fund kicks off Monday

    The annual Air Force Assistance Fund drive kicks off at Tinker on March 4 and will run through April 12.The fund drive supports charitable organizations that provide for active duty, guard, reserve, retirees and dependents, including surviving spouses. Of the $6.4 million that the Air Force plans to

  • Tinker’s AFAS is well used

    The Air Force Aid Society at Tinker assisted more than 200 families with emergency loans in 2012 equating to roughly $147,000. The society also offers community programs and grants as well as scholarships. Active duty, guard, reservists, retirees and dependents are eligible for many of the programs.

  • Hagel takes office as 24th defense secretary

    Just before his Feb. 27 private swearing-in ceremony as the 24th secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel and his wife, Lilibet, arrived at the Pentagon and were greeted by Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, military assistant to the secretary of defense.Secretary Hagel said hello to waiting

  • Commander's message – military award winners

    As we go into the weekend, I want to share the good news and congratulate our military award winners. These high performers have gone above and beyond what's been asked of them in supporting their fellow warfighters. A personal 'thank you' goes out to each and every one of the nominees.This year's