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

Union, OC-ALC participate in Wellness Challenge

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

Tinker Airmen take refresher course on surviving, operating in hostile environments

Active duty representatives from almost every Air Force Materiel Command unit came together Jan. 18 to conduct a refresher course on surviving and operating in hostile environments.    Several different classrooms were set up to reiterate what Airmen have already learned, but need to keep fresh in

TAKE NOTE

Customer Service office open The Customer Service/ID Card office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 2.    Tinker Opportunity for Professional Services    The Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, has announced another opportunity for current Tinker Air Force Base employees

'Today's Air Force' features the F-15 return to flight

This week's edition of "Today's Air Force" highlights how the Air Force carried on its mission while more than seven hundred of its F-15 Eagles were grounded. See its return to flight -- the Eagle flies once again!    Also featured is the F-16 Fighting Falcon with its twenty-millimeter cannon and

Total force provides seamless airlift support

Nearly 60 Air National Guardsmen finished a 10-week tour of duty Jan. 11 with the 38th Airlift Squadron here where they'd collectively hauled more than 283 tons of cargo throughout Europe in 109 sorties on C-130 Hercules aircraft.    Their mission was a testament of how seamlessly Guard, Reserve and

Reserve Airmen train Guardsmen on Raptor

Reservists here are training members of the Air National Guard as part of total force integration.    Airmen from the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here trained 13 Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing Jan. 13 on take-off and recovery procedures for the F-22 Raptor. The Air

Leaders announce policy changes for Airmen in AOR

Changes are on the horizon for Airmen serving in the Central Command area of responsibility. In an effort to standardize policies among those assigned and those deployed to the CENTCOM AOR, Air Force officials will implement several changes beginning as soon as February 2008.    "There are several