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  • AFMC units partner to supply receivers, to keep B-1s flying

    Units from across Air Force Materiel Command banded together recently to stock more of a critical avionics part that will keep B-1s flying.During the first phase of the Repair Network Integration initiative, AFMC's logistics division studied the process in which B-1 Bomber Band 4-8 receivers are

  • Deployed Tinker Airman helps keep E-3 Sentry aircraft flying

    When it comes to keeping the E-3 Sentry aircraft flying combat missions in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, Senior Airman Robert Kirby, an instrument and flight control systems journeyman, maintains the airborne warning and control system aircraft so it's fully mission capable every time.The

  • Transformation expert makes regular visits, eyes productivity

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center's mission is to "deliver and sustain air power ... anytime, anyplace," and the transformation process is helping them achieve that goal more efficiently. Don Doles, a retired executive from the Danaher Corporation and an expert on transformation and process

  • Preventing the ‘second wave’

    Cases of seasonal and H1N1 flu viruses are on the rise in Oklahoma, indicating the start of the "second wave" of the fall and winter flu season. Outbreaks of the flu were widespread last year and national health officials are predicting the resumption of the flu season this month in a traditional

  • Tinker’s Canadian airmen support airborne control in Southwest Asia

    To any other member of the 965th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, the five Canadian airmen who work with them are a part of the team. And that's just the way they like it.Each day the five Canadians work together as part of a crew on an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system

  • Preparation first step in Tinker tornado safety

    There are few words in the English language that bring about as much concern as the word "tornado." Of all nature's moods, this is perhaps the most violent. Though not as large-scale as a hurricane, or as long-lived as a Nor'easter, this particular severe weather event has occurred in every state,

  • Tinker families celebrate Valentine’s Day, remember deployed members

    Valentine's Day came early this year for nearly 150 people at Tinker who have a family member that is deployed or who will deploy later this month. Tinker Airman and Family Readiness Center personnel hosted a special Valentine's dinner Feb. 2 for families.Held in the fellowship hall of the base

  • FitFamily takes to the skies

    Kavina Agnew knows just what she wants for her 10-year wedding anniversary. And no, it's not diamonds, furniture or a car, or even a night out at the movies with her husband, a civilian employee at Tinker. To hear her say it, it's much simpler than all that. "I tell my husband he owes me a half

  • Lady Hawks take Fort Sill shelling, drop two

    It's quite possible the Lady Hawks beat themselves on Saturday and Sunday. Facing the rough-and-tumble Fort Sill squad -- that's becoming somewhat of a mental jinx for Tinker -- the Lady Hawks had to overcome history. It's a history that showed four consecutive losses to Fort Sill. Fort Sill 58Lady