GREENING?TINKER: Project could save millions in fuel costs

Armed with everything but a cape and mask, Tinker's Propulsion Environmental Working Group is actively striving to "green" the engine community. Comprised of Department of Defense personnel, academic and industry partners since 1991, the group identifies opportunities for environmental improvements.

Accountability system tracks Airmen during disasters

When disaster strikes the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System is designated to help.AFPAAS is a secure website that allows Air Force personnel and their families directly affected from natural and man-made disasters to request assistance if needed. It also allows Air

Deployed chaplain meets girl his family sponsors

ADDIS ALEM, Ethiopia -- On March 11, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Terrinoni met a 15-year-old Ethiopian girl whom his twin 25-year-old daughters have supported every month for 10 years since they were in middle school, deciding on their own to tithe their babysitting and birthday money on the girl's

Motorcycle safety day

Tinker Air Battle Managers receive their wings

On April 12, the 552nd Air Control Wing will honor its newest rated aviators with certificates of aeronautical rating and Air Battle Manager Wings. The ceremony will culminate two years of intensive training for this elite group of nine young officers and professional military aviators. Those

Tinker to test sirens with neighboring communities moving to Saturday noon, beginning this weekend

Beginning this weekend, residents on and off base will begin hearing Tinker's emergency sirens in concert with local communities at noon on Saturdays, a big change from Wednesday noon tests. In early March, Emergency Managers from the Central Oklahoma Emergency Management Association announced

‘Tree City’ stays true to form on Arbor Day

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Gen. Hoffman refines support priorities after visit to war zone

When asked if he returned home with a to-do list after visiting select Pacific Air Forces bases and Afghanistan, Gen. Donald Hoffman thumbed through a quarter-inch stack of papers before citing several examples during a March 25, interview."The purpose of this trip was not to solve tactical-level

ALC works to keep KC-135 crews safe

Since its introduction into service in 1957, the KC-135 Stratotanker has faced more battles and conflicts than the average military member. Yet, until recently, the air-refueling aircraft went into those confrontations without any protection.But, that doesn't have to be the case anymore. Recently,