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  • Tinker hosts inaugural joint military Chaplaincy recruiting event

    The Tinker Air Force Base Chapel hosted a first-ever Military Chaplaincy Exploration, or Explo, March 7, on base.The day-in-the-life joint-service recruiting event aimed to inspire future military chaplains and strengthening partnerships between military and civilian faith communities.This

  • 552nd MOF Transitions to 552 LSS

    The 552nd Logistics Support Squadron was activated in a ceremony held at the 552nd Air Control Wing’s Dock 2 April 26, 2024. The unit was previously designated as the 552nd Maintenance Operations Flight and is now formally recognized as a Squadron, with the resources, manning, and funding that

  • 552 ACW in control at Red Flag 23-3

    Members of the 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron, 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma, participated in Red Flag 23-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 17- August 4, 2023.Approximately 2,000 participants from Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air National Guard

  • 552nd ACW Bids Farewell to First AWACS

    Airmen from the 552nd Air Control Wing gathered to bid farewell to aircraft 0560, during an event commemorating the aircraft’s rich history March 31. Aircraft 0560 is the first E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning Air Control System aircraft to retire from the fleet this year. As part of the FY23 President’s

  • Tinker welcomes new honorary commanders, bids farewell to graduating class

    Tinker Air Force Base welcomed its newest class of honorary commanders while graduating its outgoing class in a ceremony held here Feb. 16. The incoming commanders as well as the graduating class, civic leaders from across Oklahoma, attended the dinner and met with their partner commanders from

  • 552 ACW Warriors Return From Deployment

    More than 200 operators and maintenance members of the 552nd Air Control Wing returned home to Tinker Air Force Base Saturday, April 16, 2022 from a deployment to Southwest Asia.

  • Whales & Tales

    It’s not every day you get the opportunity to shadow the crew of an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System Aircraft. During Red Flag 22-1 my colleague, Meagan Hannon, and I had the chance to experience a day in the life of a 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron member. The advanced aerial exercise

  • Safe runways focus of BASH team

    The Bird Air Strike Hazard team at Tinker Air Force Base has been keeping the runways safe for pilots during the heaviest times for migratory birds to travel.The need for BASH teams came about following the E-3 crash of Yukla-27 at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska on Sept. 22, 1995. The aircraft hit a flock of