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  • Warehouse to speed E-3 mods

    Implementation of the Block 40/45 upgrade to the E-3 AWACS aircraft is ahead of schedule with the official December opening of a 38,000-square-foot warehouse in Bldg. 9001--the newest addition to Tinker, located on the grounds of the former GM plant.The warehouse will hold the estimated 75,000 items

  • Tinker, Liberator Gate closures pushed to Jan. 25, plan on alternate routes

    The plan to close two of Tinker's busiest gates for construction is still moving forward ... almost.Cold weather delayed construction at the Vance Gate (40), and the Tinker Gate (1) will remain open until that project is finished. Now, both the Tinker Gate and Liberator Gate (21) will close Jan. 25.

  • KC-135 improvement event saves center almost $100K on floorboards

    Last October a team from the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center developed solutions for the challenges the center faces in the installation of the floorboards on the KC-135 during the maintenance, repair and overhaul process. The team was comprised of process improvement experts and subject matter

  • Test aims to enable doctors to better detect brain injuries

    When bombs go off, people are injured, but these injuries are not always visible or easily apparent and the Air Force is looking for better ways to identify brain trauma. An Army mobility surge team visited Tinker Air Force Base recently to conduct a mass pre-deployment assessment test on more than

  • Flu round two, are you ready?

    Tinker is bracing for the next wave of the flu season and is urging all active-duty personnel to get their mandatory H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines as soon as possible.Last year health officials in the United States reported wider and earlier outbreaks to the normal flu season as the H1N1

  • Computer products available for home use at discounted cost

    There are benefits to working for the Air Force. Military members and civilians who work for Air Force Materiel Command, Air Combat Command or Air Force Reserve Command and use Microsoft software products at work can buy the authorized home use versions of those same programs at a significantly

  • Where there’s smoke...there’s fire training

    "We're right at the top of the risk level," explains Assistant Fire Chief Michael Tuley, as he watches thick gray smoke pour from the back of the apartment building. Teams of firefighters are poised to enter the building. "It doesn't get any more real for us."Reality is the goal as Tinker's Fire

  • Around Tinker

    72nd ABW Wildcatter Awards2nd Lt. Alecia Campbell72nd Contracting SquadronLieutenant Campbell has demonstrated maturity and leadership skills far beyond her first year of service as a contract specialist. She spent months of hard work planning and executing the 72nd Mission Support Group change of

  • Program helps servicemembers transition to civilian life

    The Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program is working to prepare servicemembers and their families for a successful transition to civilian life. "We are trying to ensure that (servicemembers) transition from active duty back to the civilian community is a smooth and seamless one," Ron

  • Tinker Hawks take two from Ft. Leonard Wood

    Tinker Hawks 82, Fort Leonard Wood 65It was the first basketball the Tinker Hawks had played since the holiday break and the Airmen were noticeably rusty. With a slow start and several turnovers Jan. 9, the Hawks found themselves down 41-35 at the half against a tall and capable Fort Leonard Wood