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  • USB security concerns officials

    Even though USB flash memory drives are indefinitely banned from Air Force Materiel Command computers, they are still a security risk. Tinker Operations Security personnel are encouraging installation network users to protect government jump drives and computers from potential threats. "There are

  • Policy in place for digitally signing ‘official’ e-mails

    There is a new Air Force Materiel Command policy in place, which officials said, will affect all Tinker network users. According the policy, e-mails that contain official Air Force business including messages that provide direction, commitment and official correspondence require a digital signature.

  • 552’s ‘ATSO’ Rodeo prepares Airmen

    Gas masks and fake blood were a common sight as over 180 Airmen from nine squadrons gathered in Dock 2 to participate in the first ATSO Rodeo of the year Jan. 30. The purpose of the ATSO (Ability to Survive and Operate) Rodeo is "to challenge knowledge of ATSO topics and to enhance combat skills

  • 72nd MDG cleans up in Air Force Medical Awards

    The 72nd Medical Group strikes again with four individuals and three teams selected from the group, as the annual Air Force Medical Service award winners for 2008. "The number of individual and team winners is incredible for a unit of this size. It is just a sampling of the outstanding people that

  • Reserve unit at Tinker performs vital mission for aircraft maintenance

    The 10th Flight Test Squadron is a unique squadron within its own right. Home to roughly 35 reserve Airmen and situated just south of Bldg. 3001 on the flight-line, separate from most other Tinker units, the 10th FLTS flies four different types of aircraft after they've undergone programmed depot

  • AFMC commander visits Southwest Asia

    Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air Force Materiel Command commander, visited the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia Feb. 9 as part of a multi-base tour of bases in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The trip is the general's first to the AOR since taking command of AFMC in November.

  • ACSC on-line Master’s degree program available to civilians

    Applications are now being accepted for the Air Command and Staff College's Distance Learning Master's Program from Air Force Civilians in grades GS-12 and GS-13 and NSPS Pay Band Two. Up to 150 Air Force civilians are expected to participate each year. Applicants must at least have a bachelor's

  • Crime doesn’t pay

    The following are actual accounts of crimes recently committed by members of Team Tinker. The Tinker Take Off will regularly publish "Crime Doesn't Pay" to inform readers of criminal acts to be alert for and to deter and prevent further criminal behavior from taking place on base. A sleepy sentinel