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  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Kait Kampmeyer

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Kait KampmeyerKait Kampmeyer, a child and youth program assistant at Child Development Center West, has worked at Tinker for a little over a year. She recently did an experiment called “Glitter Germs” with the children in her classroom to show them how important it is to wash

  • Daily Update: 14 April 2020

    For 14 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The latest COVID-19 confirmed case is a member of 76 AMXG who was quarantined on 20 March.  Public Health officials are actively tracing all recent movements and contacts in conjunction with affected units and local

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Joey Chapa

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Joey ChapaJoey Chapa, a metallizing equipment operator in the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, is one of the key operators in the shop responsible for the thermal spraying of vital propulsion components. He is following in the footsteps of his parents, who both retired from

  • 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron gives back during COVID-19

    “When the United States began to be impacted by Coronavirus, we knew there must be something we can do to help,” said Airman 1st Class Stephen Criss, a software tester for the 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron.In response to COVID-19, the 552nd ACNS took their own initiative to hand sew more than

  • Daily Update: 13 April 2020

    For 13 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The latest COVID-19 confirmed case is a 76 SWEG member from building 3001 who has been away from Tinker since 25 March.  Public Health officials are actively tracing all recent movements and contacts in conjunction with

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Chaplain Sam Bridges

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Chaplain Sam BridgesChaplain Sam Bridges, originally from Lufkin, Texas, has served in the U.S. Air Force for 31 years. In his free time, he likes gardening, landscaping and watching sports, especially baseball, with his wife. The main duties of the chaplain corps are to ensure

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Maj. Joseph Jones

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Maj. Joseph JonesMaj. Joseph Jones, a certified physician's assistant with the 72nd Medical Operations Readiness Squadron and a team lead for the sick call triage and treatment team, has served for 24 years in the U.S. Air Force. In addition to administrative paperwork, Jones'

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Danny Bumb

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Danny BumbDanny Bumb is currently serving as the 72nd Air Base Wing Plans and Programs Office’s Crisis Action Team manager during the COVID-19 crisis. Currently, the office is working on Tinker’s 30/60/90-day window and figuring out how to get the installation back on track when

  • DOD's Top Leaders Conduct Town Hall Meeting on COVID-19

    The Defense Department has provided medical equipment to federal agencies in need, and DOD's top-tier research scientists and medical professionals are working with the private sector to develop a vaccine, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said in a live-streamed town hall meeting from the