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B-1B “Spectre” finds retirement job with 76th EDMX

A B-1B Lancer aircraft, “Spectre,” is towed into the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group’s Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Flight training facility April 10, 2021 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Obstacles such as road signs, poles and power lines were temporarily removed to give the aircraft an unobstructed path to its new home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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B-1B “Spectre” finds retirement job with 76th EDMX

A B-1B Lancer aircraft is towed down Patrol Road April 10, 2021 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Aircraft 86-109, known as “Spectre,” is being retired from active service but will continue as a maintenance trainer for the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group’s Expeditionary Depot Maintenance flight, allowing technicians and engineers to practice aircraft battle damage repair. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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Theresa Rogers

Theresa Rogers, an information system security manager in the 72nd Air Base Wing Communications Directorate, was recently named one of 15 winners in the 2020 Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Challenge. The theme of this year’s challenge was “Saving Airmen Time.” (Courtesy photo)

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New Control Tower

Air traffic controllers can train in the simulator facility of the new air traffic control tower at Tinker Air Force Base. The tower was officially opened for business in a May 5, 2021, ribbon cutting ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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New control tower

A May 5, 2021, ceremony marked the completion of a larger, taller and more advanced air traffic control tower meant to provide better management of airfield operations at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cutting the ribbon are, from left, Col. Paul Filcek, 72nd Air Base Wing commander; Midwest City Mayor Matt Dukes; Oklahoma State Sen. Brenda Stanley; Del City Mayor Floyd Eason; Luke Holland, legislative director in the office of Sen. Jim Inhofe; and Lt. Col. David Friedel, 72nd Operations Support Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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New control tower

During a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 5, 2021, 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Paul Filcek said the new air traffic control tower at Tinker Air Force Base is “among the very best in the Air Force.” The tower now houses a new simulator facility, includes an improved hardened shelter, and is equipped with new fire safety measures. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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Commander speaks to students

Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Commander Brig. Gen. Jeff King speaks to students attending the first-ever Oklahoma Technology Student Association virtual state leadership conference, April 14, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo/April McDonald)

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EDMX exercise

Members of the 76th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Flight repair simulated wiring, hydraulic line and sheet metal damage caused by a projectile during a training exercise conducted March 25, 2021 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Airmen only use tools they would have available to them in a deployed location to repair the simulated damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Isiah Martinez)

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EDMX exercise

Tech. Sgt. Greg Schneider, and Staff Sgt. Anthony Orsini, 76th AMXG Expeditionary Depot Maintenance craftsmen, install a sheet metal patch onto a B-1 nacelle as part of a training exercise conducted March 25, 2021 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The training validates the Airmen’s ability to repair aircraft battle damage under austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Isiah Martinez)

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EDMX exercise

Exercise participants perform self-aid buddy care procedures on an EDMX member given an “inject” card during a training exercise conducted March 23, 2021 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Inject cards describe elaborate scenarios members must correctly react to in order to continue the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Isiah Martinez

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EDMX exercise

Members of the 76th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Flight conduct rapid repairs on B-52 and KC-135 aircraft during training conducted March 22, 2021 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. During the exercise, Airmen spend the first two days in Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear, or MOPP gear. (U.S. Air Force photo by Isiah Martinez)

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EDMX exercise

A table is laid out with repair components to be used by 76th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Flight during an exercise conducted March 24, 2021 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Aircraft Battle Damage Repair technicians are expected to be able to perform repairs on pulleys, push-pull rods, wire splices, hydraulic line and sheet metal using only materials made available to them in the War Wagon exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Isiah Martinez)

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OCU EPA signing

Oklahoma Christian University student Andrew Ash, left, describes a project junior and senior engineering students work on to Brig. Gen. Jeff King, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex commander. The general and other members of the OC-ALC toured the OCU Engineering Department April 28, 2021, before signing an Educational Partnership Agreement with the university. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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OCU EPA signing

Dr. Jeff Bigelow, program chair for Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University, right, explains the university’s hands-on based curriculum to Brig. Gen. Jeff King, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex commander, left, and Wade Wolfe, OC-ALC deputy director. In the Engineering Fundamentals Class, freshman students build robots and are judged on wiring, quality and creativity. At the end of the semester, the robots are put to the test on an obstacle course to find a light source in a dark room. OC-ALC leadership toured the OCU Engineering Department April 28, 2021, before signing an Educational Partnership Agreement with the university. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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OCU EPA signing

Bradley Buxton, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, shows off the prototype of a GPS-guided autonomous flyer built by Oklahoma Christian University engineering students. The students build models based off specific requirements and participate in design competitions against students from other universities. On April 28, 2021, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Commander Brig. Gen. Jeff King, right, signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with the university. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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OCU EPA signing

Brig. Gen. Jeff King, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex commander, left, and Dr. Byron Newberry, division chair of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Oklahoma Christian University, show off the newly signed Educational Partnership Agreement between the Complex and the University April 28, 2021, on the OCU campus. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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OCU EPA signing

Brig. Gen. Jeff King, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex commander, left, and Dr. Byron Newberry, division chair of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Oklahoma Christian University, sign an Educational Partnership Agreement April 28, 2021, on the OCU campus. (U.S. Air Force photo by April McDonald)

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564th AMXS graduates first class of internal vocational training program

Brooke Selfridge, 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) sheet metal helper, shows an unused rivet she found while searching for foreign objects and debris onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., March 5, 2021. Selfridge is part of the 564th AMXS’s sheet metal vocational program, which teaches new employees best practices for working at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and on the KC-135. As part of the class, students perform work aboard aircraft, such as inspecting components and removing FOD. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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564th AMXS graduates first class of internal vocational training program

Members of the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s sheet metal vocational program work to find and remove foreign objects and debris, known as FOD, onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft undergoing programmed depot maintenance at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., March 5, 2021. FOD such as rivets, metal shavings and other debris can be hazardous to aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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564th AMXS graduates first class of internal vocational training program

Current and graduating members of the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s sheet metal vocational program pose for a group photo with William Baumann, 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group Deputy Director, left, and Col. Greg Lowe, 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group commander, right, at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., March 5, 2021. The class was formed during the COVID pandemic to teach new employees best practices for working on the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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