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Kloiber dedication

Col. Alain Poisson, 552nd Air Control Wing commander, tells the story of how the Team Tinker Home Away From Home program began during an April 9, 2021, ceremony honoring Tinker’s community partners, Mike and Pam Kloiber. Mrs. Kloiber is the co-founder and executive director of the program that pairs young service members with civilian host families to help alleviate the anxiety of being alone and far from home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Gina Anderson)

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Kloiber dedication

Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland speaks during a dedication ceremony on April 9, 2021, honoring Tinker’s community partners, Mike and Pam Kloiber. At the conclusion of the ceremony, a plaque honoring the couple was unveiled, along with signs stating the First Term Airman Center classrooms were named in their honor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Gina Anderson)

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Kloiber dedication

Airmen who have participated in the Tinker Home Away From Home program pose with Mike and Pam Kloiber at the First Term Airman Center on April 9, 2021. The long-time supporters of Tinker’s Airmen and Sailors were recently honored with a plaque and FTAC classrooms named after them. Mrs. Kloiber is the co-founder and executive director of the program that pairs young service members with civilian host families to help alleviate the anxiety of being alone and far from home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Gina Anderson)

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A screen capture from a vacuum pump test at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex shows significant motion from loose bolts and a crack in a concrete base that engineers say would have eventually caused catastrophic failure and cost the Air Force more than half a million dollars. The motion is virtually undetectable to the human eye but new technology, in use by the 76th Maintenance Support Group, allows engineering techs to pinpoint causes for deflection, displacement, movement and vibration. (U.S. Air Force photo provided)

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Jeff Gazaway, left, and Jason Stroup, 76th Maintenance Support Group engineering technicians, work with new technology that amplifies motion to provide predictive maintenance solutions for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. The technicians say the new system has already saved the Air Force hundreds of thousands in cost avoidance dollars. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chris Seaton)

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AWACS

The 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron flew its first mission sotire with newly converted crew positions on Feb. 24, 2021. The 552nd Air Control Wing has been studying converting crew positions on the E-3 Sentry aircraft to go along with Block 40/45 system upgrades. (Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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ALS Class 21-C graduates

Forty-eight Airmen graduated from Tinker Air Force Base's Airman Leadership School on March 25, 2021.

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Wise Guy

Lt. Col. Steven Miracle, 10th Flight Test Squadron commander, looks at the nose art of the B-52H Stratofortress “Wise Guy,” during his preflight checks at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 9, 2021. “Wise Guy” is being returned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota, after being regenerated to active service by the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Wise Guy

“Wise Guy” sits on the flight line at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, after undergoing programmed depot maintenance that allows it to return to the active fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Wise Guy

A B-52H Stratofortress, nicknamed “Wise Guy,” prepares to depart Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 9, 2021. “Wise Guy” was stored stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, from 2008 to 2019 and regenerated to active service by the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Wise Guy

A B-52H Stratofortress, nicknamed “Wise Guy”, takes off with Oklahoma City in the background, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 9, 2021. “Wise Guy” is the second Stratofortress to be regenerated to active service by the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex after being stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, from 2008-2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Wise Guy

“Wise Guy” departs from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, after nearly a year spent undergoing programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. The aircraft is the second B-52H Stratofortress taken out of the Arizona desert and returned to the active fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Tinker Spotlight

Tinker Spotlight: Bobby Stevens

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Perez Covid Volunteer

Oklahoma City’s Yale Theater was one of two venues that held large-scale coronavirus vaccinations on March 13. Tech. Sgt. Hugo Perez, an enlisted accessions recruiter with the 349th Recruiting Squadron, spent the morning as an English to Spanish translator at the event. (Courtesy photo)

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Perez Covid Volunteer

Tech. Sgt. Hugo Perez, an enlisted accessions recruiter with the 349th Recruiting Squadron, volunteered 10 hours on March 13 as a translator at two different large-scale coronavirus vaccination sites. He worked alongside, Srija Nuguri, a volunteer from the University of Oklahoma. (Courtesy photo)

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Tinker Chapel

The Tinker Chapel has opened it's doors to in-person services once again. (Air Force photo by Kelly White)

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Tinker Spotlight

Tinker Spotlight: Amy Tracy

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Tinker Spotlight

Tinker Spotlight: Randy Brence

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Tinker Spotlight

Tinker Spotlight: Dr. Wynell Neece

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Prescribed burns benefit base

A member of the Air Force Wildland Fire Center uses a torch to light a controlled fire in a field at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 3, 2021. Prescribed burns lessen the risk of catastrophic wildfires by reducing fuel loads, such as dead vegetation and cedar trees.(U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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