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  • 552nd MXS roundballer aims high with goal to play for Air Force team

     Military service offers individuals a variety of outlets to test oneself on and off duty. For Kirk Sheppard, 552nd Maintenance Squadron, the outlet of choice is basketball -- and at the highest level of competition the Air Force has to offer. "I never thought I would be able to play at this level

  • ‘Roughnecks’ Hold Winging Ceremony

    The "Roughnecks" of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron SEVEN recently held their seventh Naval Flight Officer Winging Ceremony at Tinker Air Force Base. The ceremony marked the end of nearly two years of flight training for the aviators, who will now move on to their operational squadrons where they

  • New visitor’s, registration center planned for Tinker

    Plans for a new force protection strategy are under way. The plans, though still in preliminary stages, will designate Tinker Gate, or Gate No. 1 at S. Air Depot Boulevard and Interstate 40, as the new 24-hour entrance. Complete with a new registration and visitors center, construction for the

  • Tinker getting ready for no-notice inspection change, officials say

    No-notice inspections will soon be an Air Force standard. Beginning Feb. 1, Air Force Materiel Command installations will be subject to limited and no-notice inspections. Despite the seemingly unnerving prospect, Tinker officials said Tinker can handle the change. "We already do a good job on most

  • AFSO 21 project yields award payload

    An AFSO 21 project prompted by Col. Jeffrey Glass, 507th Air Refueling Wing commander, has resulted in a payload of Air Force awards for wing members. "I have known for a long time how some Airman may go 15 to 20 years without receiving an Air Force award," Colonel Glass said. "It's appalling how

  • NSPS has guidelines for filling jobs by alternate competition

    Under the National Security Personnel System, there are alternate forms of competition that do not require vacancy announcements, but do adhere to merit principles. The purpose of these alternate forms of competition is to reduce or eliminate paperwork while filling the position with a highly

  • Paper airplane exercise reveals power of AFSO21 tools

    It was hard for me to imagine how eight adults building paper airplanes could do much to enhance Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century efforts here at Tinker, but I was in for a huge surprise. For the past few months I have been part of a Lean Institute at Tinker Air Force Base Green Belt

  • Exchange installs electronic surveillance

    With a dual enduring mission to provide quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and generate earnings to support Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is enlisting the support of the latest in loss prevention technology to protect