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  • New status board benefits aircraft mechanics

    It's time to get excited about transformation, and for a small group of aircraft mechanics, it's hard to deny their enthusiasm. Inspection Dock personnel in the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, previously walked by a dry erase board in their work area with various numbers and information

  • Center leans PDM scheduling

    The average person can plan weeks and months ahead of time, but imagine planning for parts and procedures for an aircraft up to three years before it arrives at the maintenance facility.This is exactly what the aircraft experts in the 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing do for the B-1, B-52, E-3 and

  • Battling the blaze: fire prevention is everyone’s job

    When the Tinker firemen had extinguished the flames it was too late to save the cargo. The damage was done and $35,000 of airplane parts lay ruined on the transport palette. Although a costly fire, it only took a few moments and the simple spark of a stray cigarette butt to cause a fire that day in

  • Tinker ABMS pin on wings

    On Feb. 16, the Air Force honored its newest rated aviators with certificates of aeronautical rating and Air Battle Managers wings. The ceremony culminated two years of intensive training for this elite group of 8 young officers and professional military aviators. These new ABMs were trained by

  • Flight Controllers beat Security Forces in playoffs

    They are still undefeated.After a close and heated intramural playoff game against Security Forces Feb. 22, the Flight Controllers came out on top, winning 57-47. Coach Dennis Lewis said the team isn't taking the victory for granted."They play as a team, taking one game at a time," he said. "They

  • AWACS crews support Winter Olympics

    Shaun White, Shani Davis and Lindsey Vonn are cleaning up at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. But, it's Tinker's AWACS crews that get the real kudos. They are protecting the Vancouver, British Columbia, skies.Aiding Canadian Air Defense Sector, the AWACS crews were dispatched to Vancouver just before

  • Officials encourage base-wide pre-Spring cleanup

    Spring is just around the corner and Tinker officials are encouraging organizations to take a little time out of their schedules Feb. 25-26, and support the base-wide cleanup event. Col. Allen Jamerson, 72nd Air Base Wing and Tinker installation commander, said he would like each organization to

  • Twister test set next week

    Team Tinker will carry out a natural disaster response exercise on Thursday."Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force Base are now in the typical tornado season," said Paul Logan, exercise controller with the 72nd Air Base Wing's Plans and Programs Office. "It's time for all units on base to review their