TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Thirty two Airmen graduated from the Tinker Airman Leadership School during a graduation ceremony held here March 19, 2026.
ALS is a six-week professional development course designed to prepare new staff sergeants and senior airmen for positions of greater responsibility by strengthening their ability to lead, follow, and manage junior airmen as first line supervisors.
Tinker Air Force Base is home to one of the 68 active-duty ALS schools and one Air National Guard school globally, managed by their respective major command.
Airman Leadership School is the first of three in-residence courses required for enlisted Airmen and a requirement for promotion to staff sergeant. The other in-residence courses are the Noncommissioned Officer Academy and the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, which are prerequisites for promotion to master sergeant and senior master sergeant, respectively.
Full photos from the event can be viewed here.
First Sergeant’s Excellence Award
Senior Airman Frida Saunders, 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Sharp Image Award
Senior Airman Ethan Van Eck, 552nd Operations Support Squadron
Distinguished Graduates
Senior Airman Frida Saunders, 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Senior Airman Nicholas Orndorf, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
John L. Levitow Award
Senior Airman Nicholas Castrovilly, 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron
Academic Achievement Award
Senior Airman Devin Nelson, 552nd Maintenance Squadron
Leadership Award
Senior Airman Nicholas Orndorf, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
GRADUATES of CLASS 26-C
Alpha Flight Graduates Instructed by Technical Sergeant Ariel Luning:
Senior Airman Kyle Atalig, 552nd Logistics Support Squadron
Senior Airman Damien Cruz, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Adam DeLeon, 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Senior Airman Deondrea Esperon, 72nd Security Forces Squadron
Senior Airman Alexander Hoellering, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Naromie Nereus-Jennings, 552nd Operations Support Squadron
Senior Airman Jordan Parker, 136th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Senior Airman Zachary Peters, 552nd Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Keltavious Pruitt, 72nd Security Forces Squadron
Senior Airman Ethan Van Eck, 552nd Operations Support Squadron
Bravo Flight Graduates Instructed by Technical Sergeant Samantha Banno:
Senior Airman Austin Borgmann, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Matthew Campbell, 552nd Operations Support Squadron
Senior Airman Nicholas Castrovilly, 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron
Staff Sgt. John Evans, 139th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Senior Airman Alize Menendez, 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Senior Airman Devin Nelson, 552nd Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Jared Olsen, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Jerrold Shaffer, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Kyleigh Sieler, 552nd Logistics Support Squadron
Senior Airman Kevin Voyles, 72nd Security Forces Squadron
Senior Airman Sofia Zayas, 72nd Security Forces Squadron
Charlie Flight Graduates Instructed by Technical Sergeant William Caraway:
Senior Airman Lathan Deaver, 72nd Security Forces Squadron
Senior Airman Knell Fullem, 552nd Operations Support Squadron
Senior Airman Richard Godfrey, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Thomas Holmes, 552nd Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Terry Hubbard, 507th Medical Squadron
Senior Airman Zachary Kellis, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman SrA Thomas Olson-Urbon, 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Senior Airman Nicholas Orndorf, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Leo Rios, 552nd Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Frida Saunders, 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Staff Sgt. Toni Tracy, 72nd Security Forces Squadron