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  • OG&E to take over electricity in base housing Tuesday

    Effective Jan. 6, OG&E Electric Services will provide the electric service to base housing at Tinker Air Force Base. Residents needing to report a service outage will need to call OG&E at 272-9741 and select Option 0. Because individual base housing residents do not have a personal account with

  • Team nets safety, savings by ‘drilling’ process improvement

    The 548th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron's effort to improve the drilling process for a duct-liner was recognized by Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Executive Director John Over during a Lean Recognition event recently. Once time-consuming, risky and costly, the improved, safer and faster

  • DOD award honors 448th achievements in new Global Logistics Support Center

    The Air Force Global Logistics Center's 448th Supply Chain Management Planning and Execution Wing has reason to celebrate this holiday season. The unit won the award for "Best Logistics Strategy" at the recent Defense Logistics 2008 conference and awards ceremony, held in Washington, D.C. Dec. 3.

  • Changes of command set

    Maj. Gen. P. David Gillett Jr. will take command of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center during a change of command ceremony Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. in Bldg. 3001. General Gillett is taking over for Maj. Gen. Loren Reno who is being promoted to lieutenant general with assignment as deputy chief of

  • Maj.Gen. McCoy visits Tinker unit, shares vision for AFGLSC

    Maj. Gen. Gary T. McCoy, commander of the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., held a town hall meeting Dec. 12 at the Tinker Base Theater for members of the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing. During the general's visit to Tinker he said: "I am

  • Holiday bears help deployed troops reach local children with gift of love

    During the holidays, special programs abound and people have various opportunities to get involved by helping others. One group of Tinker volunteers is helping spread holiday cheer overseas. The Tinker parachute fabric workers of 552nd Component Maintenance Group in Bldg. 229 are giving Christmas

  • Bonuses in the blue: Does cash affect re-enlistment decisions?

    The Air Force recently introduced an updated selective re-enlistment bonus program. Designed to encourage Airmen to stay in the military through financial means, the program could significantly increase re-enlistment rates. But, Tinker officials said historically money is not the reason Airmen

  • Officials announce 2009 BAH changes

    Housing allowances for military members will go up an average of 6.9 percent in 2009, Defense Department officials announced Monday. The increase comes to an average of about $95 per month across the board for the 950,000 servicemembers expected to draw basic allowance for housing, or BAH, in 2009,

  • First shirts take on unsafe motorcycles saying... ‘we care’

    Tinker first sergeants have assigned themselves a new mission, saving lives. The group has come up with "Operation We Care." The program is designed for first sergeants to identify motorcycle riders who may be at a higher risk of an accident. "If a first sergeant notices that a motorcycle has bad

  • Agencies available to help base community stay mentally, spiritually fit

    A healthy and fit force is essential for our military and civilian workforce to maintain a readiness posture and war-fighting capabilities. "The most important weapon system in the US military is people, and their health and fitness is the basic guarantor of military success at all levels of