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  • TINKER SHOOTOUT: OSI sponsors federal pistol competition

    It was hit or miss July 31 with thousands of shell casings popping out of hand guns. The reports sounded like hail pelting against a tin roof. The guns were fired by an assortment of local, state and federal law enforcement agency members at the Air Force Office of Special Investigations-Detachment

  • Action Line: CAC card issue

    Q: Could you please explain the policy for getting a CAC card reset? Several of my employees were able to get their cards reset. Other times, they are told that they need to set an appointment, which if you have been locked out requires you to have someone else set up the appointment. All of the

  • Security Forces have new top cop

    It's "game on" for the new commander of the 72nd Security Forces Squadron, Lt. Col. Troy A. Roberts, as he assumed command July 30 from Lt. Col. Lisette D. Childers, who is retiring after a 20-year Air Force career. Colonel Roberts comes to Tinker from Guam, where he commanded the 736th SFS at

  • Col. Beierle takes over 327th ASW

    Col. Mark Beierle became the new 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing commander July 29. Standing before a packed house at the base theater, he succeeded Col. Paul Waugh, who became the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center vice commander. Maj. Gen. David Gillett, OC-ALC commander, presided over the

  • National Flying Academy CAP cadets visit Tinker

    Civil Air Patrol cadets participating in a week-long National Flight Academy this summer visited Tinker July 23 for a closer look at the service they supplement -- and may someday -- serve in. The cadets, including one from the Flying Castle Composite squadron based at Tinker, were undergoing a week

  • Exercises promote Tinker readiness

    Airmen of the 72nd Medical Group went through the motions of rapid deployment last week in preparation for the upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection in November. Six units from the 72nd Air Base Wing took part in the two-day exercise with inspectors checking personal equipment and deployment

  • E-3 on the radar: Upgrade workload on horizon for OC-ALC

    Tinker's Air Logistics Center will be doing the hands on work in a $44 million contract to upgrade the computer systems on the Air Force's fleet of E-3 AWACS aircraft. The contract, awarded to Boeing but performed by the 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 557th Aircraft Sustainment

  • Tinker partners with Boeing on rare bomber fix

    An aircraft that had been sitting "hard broke" for four years on the Tinker ramp is now being returned to serve a useful purpose in the Air Force thanks to cooperation between Boeing and the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group's B-52 Production Flight. The B-52's cracked "milk bottle" casting, a fitting

  • Tinker to provide status on area ozone

    Changes to air quality standards could cost those who live and travel in the Oklahoma City metropolitan and surrounding areas if ozone pollution is not minimized. "Earlier this summer state and regional clean air stakeholders attended the Clean Air Forum to discuss ways to remain compliant," said