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  • Tinker building wins gold

    It's not an Olympic Games year, but Tinker officially accepted the gold recently. Col. Bob LaBrutta, 72nd Air Base Wing and Tinker installation commander, accepted the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, 2011 gold plaque. Awarded by U.S. Green Building Council Oklahoma chapter

  • Air Force announces civilian workforce restructuring

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce Nov 2. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for the Department of Defense to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels and the need to add 5900 positions against the Air Force's top priorities, the

  • AFMC restructures to cut overhead, make command more efficient

    Providing greater military capabilities, improving readiness and operating effectively in the current fiscal environment is the purpose of an Air Force Materiel Command-wide restructure announced by Air Force officials Nov. 2, 2011. AFMC will reduce the number of its centers from 12 to five. This

  • OC-ALC outlines FY12 Strategic Goals

    The twin themes of continuity and change figured prominently at Maj. Gen. David Gillett's State of the ALC address this week. As fiscal 2012 gets under way, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander emphasized that the Center vision, mission, and strategic goals remain the same. The Center

  • Online hazard reporting available

    It's up and ready to go.Earlier this month, the Tinker Hazard Reporting System, a standardized hazard reporting system for the base, went online. Available to personnel with access to the Tinker network, the user-friendly Web application allows people to report and monitor hazards and repair

  • Teamwork enables AWACs successful deployment

    It was late May when Air Combat Command tasked the 552nd Air Control Wing with a deployment. Unlike most current deployments, 552nd ACW members didn't know the details of the tasking when they processed for deployment. When there could have been confusion and chaos, the air control wing didn't miss

  • ‘Followership’ key to leadership for 90 new SNCOs

    The word 'followership' "not only doesn't have eight or nine or 10 definitions, it isn't even in the dictionary," Chief Master Sgt. Kevin G. Slater noted during the recent Joint Senior Noncommissioned Officer Induction Banquet at Tinker Air Force Base. Nevertheless, "No good leader accomplishes

  • Joint induction points to ‘joint’ nature of military success

    The ability to integrate the diverse capabilities of multiple military services, to create a unit that is greater than its individual parts, makes U.S. armed forces the strongest in the world."A small number of people in a joint operation can have a huge impact," retired Chief Master Sgt. Ralph

  • Tinker’s Air Force, Navy hold joint SNCO induction

    Ninety Navy and Air Force noncommissioned officers at Tinker entered the senior enlisted ranks during a recent banquet that was replete with pomp and circumstance.Ten petty officers from the Navy were elevated to chief petty officers and 80 Air Force technical sergeants advanced to the rank of

  • Tinker SPO improves B-1 platform in multiple ways over one fiscal year

    Tinker's B-1 System Program Office reached an impressive and unlikely feat Oct. 27. The planning and programming office supported 2,000 consecutive days of real world combat operations for the B-1B Lancer platform.As personnel looked back on their accomplishments, officials said they are