Tinker ABMS pin on wings Published Feb. 26, 2010 By 1st Lt.?Samuel Lee Tinker Public Affairs TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- On Feb. 16, the Air Force honored its newest rated aviators with certificates of aeronautical rating and Air Battle Managers wings. The ceremony culminated two years of intensive training for this elite group of 8 young officers and professional military aviators. These new ABMs were trained by instructors from the 325th Air Control Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla., the instructors of Delaware Resource Group, the instructors of the 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron and the 552nd Training Squadron. These ABMs will now support the 552nd Air Control Wing's solitary mission to provide the world's best command and control anytime, anywhere. 1st Lt Jeremiah Weaver won the ABM Distinguished Graduate Award. It is sponsored by the Air Force Association and is given in honor of retired Air Force Col. Kevin "Jeep" Dunleavy who died on Jan. 28, 2007. In order to be selected as a distinguished graduate a student must have a 96 percent or greater academic average during initial qualification training, a 96 percent or greater on the open and closed book test, no failures during any phases of training, a Q1 no write-up checkride, and finally, be recommended by the instructors of DRG, the 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron, and the 552nd Training Squadron. 1st Lt. Cy Cribbs, Whiteface, Texas, 964th AACS 1st Lt. Jesse A. Frost, Pittsville, Wis., 964th AACS 2nd Lt. Jacob R. Ivie, Ponca City, Okla., 963rd AACS 1st Lt. Kelsey L. Miller, Monroe, Wis., 964th AACS 1st Lt. Brian C. Pillers, Burleson, Texas, 963rd AACS 1st Lt. Charles E. Shaffer Jr., San Antonio, Texas, 963rd AACS 1st Lt. Zachary I. Shaw Corona, Calif., 964th AACS 1st Lt. Jeremiah R. Weaver Harrisonburg, Va., 964th AACS, Distinguished Graduate