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  • Many opportunities exist for military, civilian Airmen to deploy

    The operations tempo for Air Force employees -- both civilian and military -- is still high; but volunteers for extended deployments have dropped by more than 20 percent in the past two years. According to an internal Air Force Materiel Command memo released April 21 by Gen. Donald Hoffman, AFMC

  • 552nd ACW bids farewell to vice commander

    The 552nd Air Control Wing gave a very wet "goodbye" to the outgoing vice commander Col. Joseph Rossacci April 24 as he completed his final flight on the E-3 during his assignment here. Colonel Rossacci accepted the position as vice commander in June 2007 as his third assignment with the wing. After

  • Deployed Tinker Airman excels in joint tasking

    Senior Master Sgt. Kevin McRae was one of many Airman assigned to a Joint Expeditionary Tasking, an Army assignment filled by an Air Force member, but his expertise as a senior surveillance technician led him on many more adventures than the typical JET assignment. Sergeant McRae, 20-year Air Force

  • Center provides varied training for Tinker members

    "This is our own stealth aircraft," he says, pointing to the all-white jet trainer. "There's no other like it in the Air Force," he continues. "It can be a KC-135 tanker one day and a B-1 the next." All airplanes have similarities, such as wings, undercarriage and flaps, explains Jefferson Tarver,

  • FD improves safety, response

    After investigating the way fire attacks large industrial facilities, Tinker Fire Department officials recently improved one of their processes. They reduced the number of obstacles and the amount of time it takes to reach a fire once they arrive at the site. Their new process saves firefighters

  • Tinker Installation Wellness Day set

    Tinker's inaugural "Wellness Day" debuts May 8. The all-day event focuses on the four dimensions -- physical, emotional, spiritual and social -- of a healthy individual. "It's an opportunity for all personnel to examine where they're at in the four dimensions of wellness and participate in at least

  • 76th MXW partners with local schools to offer part-time training programs

    Tinker has teamed up with two area schools to offer base personnel a new certification program. Held on a part-time schedule, Tinker collaborated with Oklahoma City's Metro Technology Centers and Oklahoma City Community College to host the airframe and powerplant certification program. Officials

  • Commander’s Action Line: Misuse of parking spaces

    Q:I use the parking lot adjacent to the north end of Bldg. 3001 where there are eight handicap parking places. Half of them are parked in by someone without a handicap place card. Also people park up against the building and in the fire lane. I have reported this several times. Security Forces says

  • Tinker responds to flu advisories

    The recent declaration of a Public Health Emergency by the Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Northern Command concerning an outbreak of H1N1 Influenza in Mexico and parts of the Southwest should be viewed as a cause for concern but not alarm for Tinker Air Force Base people and their

  • Finance transitions military and travel pay to AFFSC

    Under the first phase of the Air Force's financial transformation initiative, Tinker migrated its Financial Services Office back-shop (travel and military pay) processing to the Air Force Financial Services Center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. from April 24 to 27. The migration is part of the