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  • F-35 Demo Team meets F135 Engine Team

    Members of the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team visited Tinker Air Force Base to meet and thank the men and women of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Heavy Maintenance Center for their work on the F135 engine that powers their aircraft.

  • Memorial Day message from the AFSC Commander

    This coming Monday at 3 p.m., our nation will observe a quiet moment of remembrance to pause and reflect on those who gave their lives to protect and defend the United States of America. It is one minute set aside each Memorial Day since 2000 to recalibrate our thoughts toward the warriors and their

  • Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

    Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.

  • BUFF still providing global reach

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – With more than 60 years of service, the B-52 Stratofortress is an icon of global reach and central to the Air Force’s ability to project power anywhere, anytime.  And that isn’t likely to change soon.  Col. Louis Ruscetta, as an Air Force brat, has spent much of

  • B-52 parts to be used in research, modernization and innovation efforts

    A B-52H bomber, tail number 61-0009, in non-flyable status at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) here, was recently taken out of storage and is expected to be towed to the Pima Air & Space Museum off base, where its wings, fuselage, and horizontal stabilizer will be

  • Oklahoma County Commissioners transfer land to Tinker AFB

    Members of the Oklahoma County Commissioners Board formally transferred 50 acres of land to Tinker Air Force Base senior leaders during their board meeting May 17, 2021. The commissioners voted unanimously to transfer the land, located west of Douglas and south of I-40, to Tinker Air Force Base.