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  • Wing receives certification for first-ever repair station for a DOD facility

    It's one step for the Federal Aviation Administration and one giant leap for the Air Force.    The 76th Maintenance Wing received the first-ever FAA repair station certificate for a Department of Defense facility Jan. 16 at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center.    The 76th MXW obtained the

  • Smart Ops teams simplify processes to save thousands, earn certification

         Thousands of dollars in savings are on the horizon for Tinker Air Force Base as a result of the work by two AFSO21 process improvement teams who presented their final projects and graduated from training Jan. 14.      In August, two four-member teams were given one Air Logistics Center problem

  • 776th Maintenance Support Squadron deactivates;DLA Oklahoma City activated

    A combined deactivation/activation ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday in the Tinker Club Ballroom. Brig. Gen. Judith Fedder, 76th Maintenance Wing commander, and Brig. Gen. Andrew Busch, Defense Supply Center Richmond commander, will preside at the joint ceremony.     John Aguilar, director of

  • Jan. 20 airpower summary: E-3s provide eye in sky

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Jan. 20, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.    In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped guided bomb unit-38s

  • Tinker team to implement safety recommendations

    As this is being written, dozens of employees around Tinker are working diligently to make Tinker a safer place to work for everyone. On 9 Jan. a team composed of Tinker management and union personnel examined 56 recommendations on how to improve safety at Tinker AFB.    These recommendations came

  • Web site links, educates squadron commanders

    A Web site developed by Air University's Air Command and Staff College members here is now empowering commanders through a familiar concept -- communication.    Known as the Commanders Connection, the site provides squadron commanders a safe environment to discuss issues -- sometimes sensitive in

  • Military absentee voting 'primary' concern for officials

    For Federal Voting Assistance Program officials, getting deployed troops and their families engaged in the current election season is a primary goal.    Ahead of the November general election, officials with the FVAP, which fosters voting participation by uniformed and U.S. citizens abroad, are