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  • Safety doesn’t end with the duty day: Be safe in base parking lots

    Tinker Air Force Base has a well-documented history of safety practices in the workplace; however, safety doesn't end with the duty day.    Base officials have an increasing concern with the safety of the parking lots.    The combination of high traffic, inattentive pedestrians and speeding drivers

  • New purchase request processing system to deliver faster results

    Air Force Materiel Command has developed a system capable of streamlining the arduous purchase request process across the enterprise.    The 559th Combat Sustainment Squadron is spear-heading the local implementation of this new system, the Purchase Request Process System, also known as D203.   

  • Turn it off: October is Energy Awareness Month

    You don't have to drive a hybrid car or have a solar-powered house to conserve energy. October is Energy Awareness Month and Tinker energy manager John Hurd said that conservation is a team sport.    "If a thousand people do a little thing, it becomes a big thing," Mr. Hurd said.    He said although

  • AFPC releases improved force development tool

    The Airmen Development Plan is a new Web-based decision support tool designed to integrate numerous force development tools, including electronic records, duty histories, and assignment preferences, into one platform. Phase one of the ADP, launched in September, will apply to active duty officers

  • Commissary patrons encouraged to share favorite Thanksgiving recipes

    Turkey and dressing, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie are the traditional "must haves" for any Thanksgiving celebration. But, it's the side dishes, special salads and additional dessert choices served alongside that allow families to personalize the menu into unique tradition. Some of

  • Fall 2007 Airman now available online

    The F-22 Raptor is coming into its own, flying high and turning heads. Its pilots and maintainers are discovering just how much the stealth jet can do.    The Airmen are finding there is no other aircraft that even comes close to matching the Raptor's capabilities -- the new benchmark for

  • Operation Kids 4 Troops distributes letters

    About four years ago Tech. Sgt. Spencer Cluff and his wife, Carrie, were watching the news about the war in Iraq. Sergeant Cluff wanted to do more for the troops than watch them on TV and the idea for Operation Kids 4 Troops was formed.    Operation Kids 4 Troops began as a letter-writing campaign,

  • ORM is not just for the workplace

    During the 101 days of summer, we are given multiple reminders of summer activities that can have dramatic effects.    On Sunday afternoon last month I was back at my civilian job as a police officer in the Tulsa area.    "Charlie 305 and backer start to assist (Emergency Medical Services)." Hearing

  • 552nd MXS: A ‘wide range of artisans’

    When people think of maintenance for the E-3 Sentry, many think of the maintenance for the overall aircraft done by "the maintainers."    But there is another area of the maintenance mission that holds equal importance - and that is the more specialized maintenance of the 552nd Maintenance Squadron.

  • Tinker employees can self-nominate for TOPS

    The 72nd Mission Support Squadron has announced that current Tinker employees have another opportunity to self-nominate for the Tinker Opportunity for Professional Services announcement open today and closing Oct 25. The program gives current Tinker Air Force Base civilian employees a developmental