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  • Tinker LTs graduate development course

    Eighteen lieutenants graduated June 24 from a four-day course to enhance their leadership and professional development skills. The Lieutenant Professional Development Program prepares junior officers by bridging the professional development gap between Air and Space Basic Course and Squadron Officer

  • 72nd MSG/CC bids farewell to Tinker

    In two years here, Col. Herb Wesselman said Tinker has given him an extraordinary gift and he can't thank his personnel enough.As the 72nd Mission Support Group commander, Colonel Wesselman said he made decisions, but it was his personnel who pulled off the remarkable feats. The group did more than

  • 38th CEG welcomes new commander

    The 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group welcomed new Commander Lt. Col. Cynthia Wright July 8. Colonel Wright succeeded Col. Christopher Cotts, who at the change of command ceremony received the Legion of Merit award. Col. Robert Skinner, commander of the 688th Information Operations Wing at Lackland

  • Deployed Tinker Airman reaches new height

    As the United States celebrated its Independence Day marking 235 years of freedom, an Airman in Southwest Asia also reached a milestone, while serving to protect the freedoms achieved in 1776.Maj. Jon Williams, a mission crew commander with the 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, on

  • Tinker Airman to become Thunderbird

    It's official; one of Tinker's own has made the prestigious Thunderbirds team. Capt. (Dr.) Michael Carletti is slated to become the team's next flight surgeon, otherwise known as Thunderbird No. 9.Captain Carletti, a 72nd Aerospace Medical Squadron flight surgeon assigned to care for the 465th Air

  • How are work/rest cycles calculated?

    72nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Bioenvironmental Engineering FlightWith record high temperatures already here, Tinker personnel may be experiencing a little more stress in the way of "heat stress." With prevention, the harmful effects of heat can be avoided. There are many environmental factors

  • ADR/EO offices awarded for excellence

    Two offices on Tinker have recently been recognized at the Air Force level for their excellence in solving personnel conflict issues. The Alternative Dispute Resolution office received the General Counsel Awards - Workplace Disputes in the Large Organizations, May 20 at the ADR Program Manager's

  • 552nd ACW squadrons welcome new commanders

    Four squadrons in the 552nd Air Control Wing have welcomed new commanders in the past few weeks.552nd MXS A ceremony June 29 marked a change of command for the 552nd Maintenance Squadron. Maj. Kelley C. Stevens passed the reigns of the squadron to Maj. Louis G. Stewart.Col. Stella T. Smith, 552nd

  • Tinker squadron goes all out for PT

    When it comes to mission readiness, the term "Chair Force" does not apply to the 3rd Combat Communications Group. For the 32nd Combat Communication Squadron, "hardcore" is the only way to define their physical training.For the past six weeks, 1st Lt. Trevor Steen, 32nd CBCS squadron engineer and

  • Wounded warriors to take on Tinker leaders

    Are you ready for some softball? At 1 p.m. July 22, the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team will take on Tinker senior leaders on Championship Field at the base softball complex. The event is part of the WWAST tour and will be the second game of a doubleheader for the team. Earlier in the day,