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Prescribed burns benefit base

Members of Tinker Fire Emergency Services clean up debris and check for hotspots after a prescribed burn near the Indian Hills Inn at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 3, 2021. Prescribed burns save money and time over other vegetation maintenance methods, control growth and spread of invasive plants, maintain wildlife habitats and improve aesthetics by reinvigorating fire-dependent plants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Prescribed burns benefit base

Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Center use torches to set a grassy field on fire as part of a prescribed burn at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 3, 2021. Burning is done under a prescribed burn plan, which targets specific wind speed and direction, humidity, temperatures and other parameters set in advance. The burning only takes place within the prescription to ensure a low risk and that objectives are met. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Col Parks Podcast

Col. Michael Parks, 507th Air Refueling Wing commander, sat down with Tinker Talks March 1, 2021, to discuss the Okies and what it means to be a Citizen Airman. (Air Force graphic)

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Tinker 2003 Tornado

A tornado looms in the distance near Tinker Air Force Base during a May 2003 storm that impacted Tinker and its surrounding communities. Tinker rehearses tornado response frequently, and took the opportunity to a conduct a virtual exercise that allowed community partners to work with Air Force subject matter experts to respond from several functional perspectives. (File Photo)

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Tinker reduces energy consumption during energy crisis, preserves mission capability

An LED sign board next to a snow-plowed Industrial Blvd. shows the current temperature as 1 degree at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 16, 2021. Tinker Air Force Base preserved mission capability as 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineers took a proactive stance this week to assist Oklahoma energy partners and the community in finding ways to reduce base energy consumption while still preserving the integrity of industrial facilities. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Chris Seaton)

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Culpepper 5K

A combined team of 72nd Comptroller Squadron and 552nd Air Control Wing Comptroller Office joined CPTS units across the Air Force in running a 5k Jan. 27, 2021, to remember Col. James “Rob” Culpepper on what would have been his 49th birthday. Culpepper, who was the director of Financial Management and Comptroller for Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, lost his six-month battle with acute myeloid leukemia on Dec. 17, 2020. (Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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Culpepper 5k

Members of the 72nd Comptroller Squadron and 552nd Air Control Wing Comptroller Office joined CPTS units across the Air Force in running a 5k to remember Col. James “Rob” Culpepper on what would have been his 49th birthday. Culpepper, who was the director of Financial Management and Comptroller for Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, lost his six-month battle with acute myeloid leukemia on Dec. 17, 2020. (Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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Culpepper 5k

Maj. Benjamin Wright, 72nd Comptroller Squadron commander, speaks to a combined group of 72nd CPTS and 552nd Air Control Wing Comptroller Office Airmen on Jan. 27, 2021, before they started their 5k run in honor of Col. James “Rob” Culpepper. Culpepper, who was the director of Financial Management and Comptroller for Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, lost his six-month battle with acute myeloid leukemia on Dec. 17, 2020. (Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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KC-46 C Check

Members of the 568th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, System Program Office, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and Boeing pose for a photo commemorating the completion of the first C-check maintenance and inspection on the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft Nov. 2, 2020. The aircraft spent 52 days at the OC-ALC undergoing service and lubrication equivalent to an oil change, visual inspections looking for damage and defects, operational checks to ensure primary and backup systems are functioning properly and washing the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan)

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SWEG Hiring Goals

Carissa Huffman, 76th Software Engineering Group recruiting coordinator, reviews a one-way interview following a recent virtual hiring event. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the 76th SWEG to switch from in-person hiring fairs to virtual ones. For the third year in a row, the organization set hiring records. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rebekah Valencia)

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Tinker technical sergeant receives Bronze Star

Members of Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), coworkers and family of Tech. Sgt. Joe Lopez Jr., 72nd Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, stand at attention during his Bronze Star Medal presentation ceremony at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, Jan. 13, 2021. Lopez received the Bronze Star for his service in Syria and Iraq from Oct. 10, 2019 to March 31, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Tinker technical sergeant receives Bronze Star

Col. Paul Filcek, 72nd Air Base Wing commander, salutes Tech. Sgt. Joe Lopez Jr., 72nd Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, after awarding him the Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 13, 2021. Lopez received the Bronze Star for his service in Syria and Iraq from Oct. 10, 2019 to March 31, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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30 Year Anniversary of Desert Storm

30 Year Anniversary of Desert Storm

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F3222-SPT-95-0014-136

A US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) lands after completing a mission over Turkey in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991. (Exact date unknown)

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Ghost Rider and Wiseguy

A B-52H bomber nick named “Ghost Rider” undergoes routine programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Nov. 20, 2020. The bomber sat in the desert for seven years at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s National-Level Airpower Reservoir located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and is the first of two B-52H bombers to be brought back on active service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan)

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Ghost Rider and Wiseguy

Nathan Whitesell, a B-52 structures engineer and Andrew Jones, an aerospace engineer with the B-52 System Program Office, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, examine wing skins through the landing gear bay on “Ghost Rider,” a B-52H bomber currently undergoing programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Nov. 20, 2020. In 2015, Ghost Rider was the first B-52H aircraft to be regenerated from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s National-Level Airpower Reservoir located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan)

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Ghost Rider and Wiseguy

Curtis Smith, an aircraft mechanic with the 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, opens a panel to replace a fuel level control valve on a B-52H bomber Nov. 19, 2020. The bomber known as “Wise Guy” is being regenerated to rejoin the fleet. The aircraft sat in the desert for 10 years at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s National-Level Airpower Reservoir located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Wise Guy is the second B-52H aircraft to be brought back to active service.(U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan)

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Ghost Rider and Wiseguy

The B-52H bomber nick named “Wise Guy,” sits in post dock nearing completion of its regeneration back to active service, Nov. 19, 2020. The bomber sat in the desert for 10 years at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s National-Level Airpower Reservoir located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and is the second B-52H aircraft to be brought back to active service. The first aircraft was nick named “Ghost Rider” and was regenerated in 2015. Both bombers are here at the same time and will return to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan)

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Covid Vaccinations

1st Lt. James Dillard, 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron COVID element leader, is the first military member to receive the coronavirus vaccination at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Senior Airman Glen Snyder, an independent duty medical technician assigned to the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, provided the vaccination on Jan. 4, 2021 at the 72nd Medical Group. Vaccinations are voluntary and prioritized in a tiered system of distribution beginning with first responders, medical and security forces personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan)

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Covid Vaccinations

Officer Peter Way, 72nd Security Forces Squadron operations officer, receives his first COVID-19 vaccination Jan. 4, 2021, at the 72nd Medical Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Vaccinations are voluntary and prioritized in a tiered system of distribution beginning with first responders, medical and security forces personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan)

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