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Tech. Sgt. David Whisenhunt, 507th Security Forces Squadron mans the entry control point on the Tinker Air Force Base flight line while KC-135R Stratotankers taxi in response to an exercise input during the June Operational Exercise June 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan)


Exercise brings readiness into focus

Tech. Sgt. David Whisenhunt, 507th Security Forces Squadron mans the entry control point on the Tinker Air Force Base flight line while KC-135R Stratotankers taxi in response to an exercise input during the June Operational Exercise June 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan)

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Airman 1st Class Maiesha Buford, 72nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, gives Capt. Theresa Hall, 72nd Medical Support Squadron, her mobility papers after they were checked for current shot records, public health, mental health, malaria medication, and biological warfare/chemical warfare kits Oct. 4, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
James Eye, 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, conducts an inspection of a pallet of medical supplies ready for loading for a potential deployment Oct. 4, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Eye speaks with Senior Airmen Olivia Chapman and Nicholas Frazier, 72nd Medical Support Squadron, and lets them know what their team did correctly on building the pallet and what items they need to work on in the future.
Brett Neeley, traffic management specialist, 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, instructs exercise deployers on the next phase of the mobility process Oct. 4, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Senior Airman Sidney Laxdal, left, and Senior Airman Richard Loveless, right, 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, work the baggage check and security checkpoint area during a recent mobility exercise Oct. 4, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Keith Parks, 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, checks the C-Bag of Senior Airman Ryan Shirk, 72nd Force Support Squadron, in the mobility processing line Oct. 4, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Christina Austin, with 72nd Air Base Wing Force Support Squadron, checks Samantha Johnson’s, 72nd Medical Operations Squadron, I.D. at the Child Development Center West during a War Wagon exercise Oct. 4. Force protection conditions were elevated to FPCON Charlie during the exercise, denoting that local terrorist activity is imminent and would warrant the base, as well as facilities within, to issue 100 percent ID checks.
Air Force Materiel Command inspectors, along with Air Force Sustainment Center and 72nd Air Base Wing Inspector General’s offices were on-hand last week, Oct. 4, for an exercise in the deployment processing area of Bldg. 260. Members of the 72nd ABW simulated the process from checking in their C-Bags containing their mission-oriented protective posture gear to inspecting their A-Bags containing their ABU’s, PT gear and hygiene items, for example. After that, the simulated deployers listened to a pre-deployment briefing and then went through the Air Passenger Terminal to check their mobility folders with medical, legal, finance, eligibility, chaplain, services, orders and then passenger manifesting.
Senior Airman Chris Inman, left, and Staff Sgt. James Stiegler, both with the 72nd Security Forces Squadron, and Military Working Dog Kali inspect the contents of a vehicle which was used in a gate-runner scenario for a War Wagon exercise Oct. 4.
Training specialist Maj. Kevin Smith with the 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate's Fire and Emergency Services stands in Tinker's new Emergency Communications Center in Bldg. 7017, which will be fully functional this fall.
F-16C Fighting Falcon of the 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, drops away from a KC-135R Stratotanker of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, during a training flight April 6, 2017, over Missouri. The F-16 has the HAVE GLAS radar reduction coating applied giving it a slightly different appearance to the more commonly seen paint scheme of previous years. The KC-135R flew from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma while the F-16 flew from Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
Master Sgt. Charles Danten, 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, looks down on F-16s during a air refueling mission while Lt. Col. Lance Winner, 513th Air Control Group deputy commander, watches the action in the background April 6, 2017, from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 507th ARW conducted a local training flight with members of the Tinker Air Force Base Honorary Commander's 2017 Class to learn about the KC-135R Stratotanker's mission during an air refueling mission with F-16s of the 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
F-16C Fighting Falcon of the 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, flies off the wing of a KC-135R Stratotanker of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, during a training flight April 6, 2017, over Missouri. The F-16 has the HAVE GLAS radar reduction coating applied giving it a slightly different appearance to the more commonly seen paint scheme of previous years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)