Budget analyst sees benefits of VPP through first-hand experience

The Voluntary Protection Program does work. Just ask Tiffany Yohannan of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Financial Analysis Division.Following a routine VPP walk-through June 7, two personnel from the Combined Wing Staff Group asked Ms. Yohannan, a budget analyst, about the program and its

Combined Effort: CWSG sets lofty safety goals

Their ultimate safety goal is no incidents, accidents or lost days. To achieve such an unprecedented feat, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Combined Wing Staff Group, which includes 11 home and staff offices, and the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, has set aggressive fiscal-year goals, is

Drunk Sex or Date Rape

How do you know if someone wants to "hook up?" This is a family paper, so we won't list the ways, but let's assume that most people think it's fairly obvious if a member of the opposite sex is sending signals. But, what do those signals mean and can you interpret them correctly if you or the other

Fitness center annex closing for renovations

Beginning at 7 p.m. today, the Tinker Fitness Center Annex Bldg. 216 will close for approximately three months to receive renovations and repairs. Maintenance is slated to be complete mid-September. Currently, four of the eight racquetball courts are closed because of safety concerns. The proposed

B-52 PDM improvement scheduled to decrease flow days

     The B-52 Bomber Programmed Depot Maintenance line has found a way to decrease flow days by capitalizing on aircraft in queue.     A new transformation effort is using the queue time the B-52 aircraft has while in the Pre-Dock phase, to complete some of the tasks required in the Inspect phase.

TACAMO remembers Maj. Gen. Clarence Tinker

     The Navy's Take Charge and Move Out units gathered June 9 to pay tribute and remember Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, an Oklahoma Osage native, who lost his life in a combat mission in the Pacific during World War II.     On June 7, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, General Tinker personally led

Fizzy Flyer fun

Riding high

Tinker paddlers fill weekend with discovery

General Litchfield to succeed General Gillett as next OC-ALC Commander

Air Force officials announced today the selection of Maj. Gen. Bruce Litchfield as the next commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. General Litchfield will succeed Maj. Gen. David Gillett, who will retire after more than 34 years of military service. A change of command date has not