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  • 552nd ACW Airmen generate sorties during exercise

    Airmen from the 552nd Air Control Wing set up at South Ramp, a playing area on the Navy side of base. Their mission was to generate sorties while enduring chemical runs, mission threatening scenarios and "mortar" attacks that drastically changed force protection conditions and mission oriented

  • BRAC implemented as Air Force detachment transfers to DLA at Warner Robins

    Defense Logistics Agency gained 240 employees Oct. 15 when DLA-Warner Robins stood up at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. DLA activated the new detachment of its aviation supply and demand chain in response to 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Supply and Storage legislation.    The "new" employees will

  • Students participate in job shadow program

    Three 16-year-olds ventured to Tinker Oct. 25, explored their love for cooking and learned how it translated to a career.    They were among some 30 students from Oklahoma City's Capitol Hill High School who participated in a job shadow program on base. Other students explored careers in

  • CNAF helps TACAMO celebrate Navy’s 232nd birthday

    The Commander, Naval Air Forces joined Strategic Communications Wing ONE, the Oklahoma City Navy League and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Oct. 27 to celebrate the Navy's 232nd anniversary at the 15th Oklahoma Navy Birthday Ball.    The ball, held at the National Cowboy and Western

  • Club to hold comedy show, dinner

    "What did the necktie say to the hat? You go on ahead. I'll hang around here for a while." "How can you get four suits for a dollar? Buy a deck of cards!" Obviously not the best jokes around, but if sidesplitting laughter is what you are after, the Tinker Club is hosting a comedy show and dinner

  • What to do after the career fair

    A week from now, the Tinker and the Primes Career Fair will be history.    What did you gain from attending? You probably picked up a whole bag full of information on different companies. Maybe you completed several application forms. You probably exchanged your resumé for business cards. But is it

  • Intramural Football: 552nd OSS survives rally, defeats Marines 14-7

    The match up between the 552nd Operational Support Squadron and the Marines was a hard fought game with the 552nd OSS staving off a late rally to capture a 14-7 victory on Oct 24.    The defenses of both sides dominated the play in the first quarter of action.    The second quarter the 552nd OSS

  • Head of Naval Aviation speaks with Sailors during TACAMO visit

    For the first time since becoming Commander of U.S. Naval Air Forces, Vice Adm. Thomas J. Kilcline visited with the Sailors of the Take Charge and Move Out community during a trip to Tinker Air Force Base Oct. 26.    For Admiral Kilcline, the "All Hands Call" was a part of a three-day stay for the

  • Tinker depot aims for seamless BRAC transition

    Next February, 365 Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center employees will transition from the Air Force to the Defense Logistics Agency.    This transition is mandated by Congress as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's decision to realign the supply, storage and distribution