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  • New vision and mission to guide AFMC

    New vision and mission statements are at the foundation of a new command strategy designed to ensure Air Force Materiel Command continues to deliver preeminent support to the warfighter.The command's vision is "one team, delivering capabilities to fly, fight and win ...today and tomorrow." AFMC will

  • Air Force leaders deliver budget guidance to force

    Air Force leaders delivered guidance to the force recently, telling them to begin planning for the uncertain budget environment ahead, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said Jan. 11 in a press briefing."Even though we're not presuming this worst case will occur, prudent planning for the

  • MOC a ‘readiness/response center’

    Describing the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group's Maintenance Operations Center at Tinker AFB is difficult, considering all that it does. Col. Brad Tannehill, commander of the 76th AMXG, says simply it is the Oklahoma City Air Logistic Complex's "24/7/365 readiness/response center."The MOC is tucked

  • Communications Directorate wins prestigious command-level awards

    The 72nd Air Base Wing Communications Directorate -- the information technology focal point for the Air Force Sustainment Center standup last year across eight Wings and three Air Force bases -- was presented with two prestigious awards by Air Force Materiel Command in December.The directorate

  • 72nd Medical Group recognized with Energy Star

    The 72nd Medical Group did it again. For the second consecutive calendar year, the unit won the prestigious Energy Star Award for energy-conservation.Presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the award recognizes small businesses that prove they are reducing waste, conserving energy and

  • Airmen win ACC awards, to compete at Air Force level

    Two Airmen assigned to geographically separated units with ties to the 552nd Air Control Wing here at Tinker Air Force Base were honored recently by their major command with the highest awards possible in cyberspace operations.Staff Sgt. Justin Hein, a member of the 728th Air Control Squadron at

  • Tinker satellite fitness center part of Air Force test concept

    It's not always easy or doable to get to a gym during normal operating hours. Soon, that will no longer be an issue at Tinker.Due to a year-long test concept, one of the installation's gyms, the satellite fitness center in Bldg. 3705, will soon be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Officials

  • Speed, safety and quality are how AFSC 'does business'

    The Air Force of tomorrow is a smaller force, but needs to be just as lethal, agile and ready to engage in a full range of contingencies and threats.The Air Force Sustainment Center plans to meet these new Air Force needs by focusing on speed, quality and safety as the business model for

  • ACC command chief visits Tinker

    The command chief master sergeant of the Air Combat Command conducted informal, wide-ranging discussions with enlisted personnel, Airmen and NCOs alike, during a recent two-day visit to Tinker AFB.Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. "Rick" Parsons spent much of his time here fielding questions about

  • Panetta Memo Describes Possible Sequestration Effects

    While many remain hopeful that Congress and the administration will reach a deal that avoids sequestration, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has issued a memo (available here) describing the potential implications of going over the fiscal cliff.Planning for the effects of an across-the-board cut in