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  • Tinker mentors help inspire local students

    Houses built of paper and tape, hover shoes, a portable electric outlet, micro-dot tracking and various water purifiers.Those were some of the projects that 102 eighth graders from Monroney Middle School in Midwest City conceived recently under the guidance of Tinker Air Force Base mentors.The

  • Command chiefs offer advice to company-grade officers

    Speaking candidly and from the heart, two command chief master sergeants offered opinions, stories and advice. Their audience was approximately 20 company-grade officers from the Logistics Officer Association's Crossroads Chapter and Company Grade Officer Council. During breakfast in the Tinker Club

  • Tinker's AMR process becomes AFMC standard

    Made at Tinker? You betcha!Two years ago, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Aerospace Sustainment Directorate personnel began developing standard work within the Aircraft and Missile Requirements, or AMR, process, knowing there had to be a more effective way to plan new programmed depot maintenance

  • 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