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

Keeping the BlackBerry patch wired

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

Airman excels on career exam

Airman 1st Class Ryan Merrill, 34th Combat Communications Squadron, recently passed his Career Development Course: Satellite, Wideband, and Telemetry Systems Journeyman, with an outstanding score. Airman Merrill is a Satcom crewmember. He helps maintain, configure and operate a variety of mobile,

IDEA earns 327th ACSW member cash award

The Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program is an incentive program that rewards people for improving their processes and saving the government money. The program rewards submissions at different rates based on the monetary savings of the IDEA and whether it is inside or outside of

Wing names Wildcatter award winners

Hudson George, transient alert aircraft mechanic, 72nd OSS Mr. George provided assistance in the recovery and launch of the presidential C-20 back-up aircraft. He assisted Sheppard and Nellis AFB maintenance recovery teams, saving 26 aircraft-downtime hours. He broadened his skills on with each new

AtHoc coming to base computers

Air Force Materiel Command and Air Combat Command have purchased a desktop alerting system known as AtHoc. This system is already installed on ACC and AFMC client computers. What will AtHoc do? It could save lives. AtHoc will have the ability to activate the outdoor Installation Warning System, send