Air Force Sustainment Center

Nov. 2, 2012
Symposium allows Robins workforce to share vision, requirements

Senior leaders and managers at Robins are preparing to share plans for the base during the coming years at the annual Requirements Symposium, Wednesday and Thursday at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. The symposium is a unique event where members of the Robins workforce share their current
Oct. 29, 2012
Tinker achieves environmental milestone

Tinker's Bldg. 9001 is the first facility in the U.S. Air Force to receive a Brownfields certificate on a former industrial site.The environmental milestone was celebrated Oct. 16 in a ceremony held inside the building, which previously housed a General Motors automobile manufacturing plant. The
Oct. 29, 2012
Duo brings new ‘energy’ to Tinker team

Tinker's Energy Team recently welcomed two fresh faces -- Mark McWhirter and Gary Krivokapich.Base energy manager, Mr. McWhirter comes to Tinker from the University of Oklahoma where he was a mechanical engineer. Mr. Krivokapich, utilities engineer/manager, arrived at Tinker from Holloman Air Force
Oct. 25, 2012
AFSC goals lay foundation for success

Since taking flight on July 10, the Air Force Sustainment Center hasn't been on auto-pilot.The center, which incorporates a total of eight wings, including three air logistics complexes, stood up in July and has been working toward the art of the possible and establishing goals for its current and
Oct. 22, 2012
AFLCMC commander visits personnel at Tinker

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is tasked with one overriding mission: meet the warfighter's needs with effective, affordable, on-time solutions, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, commander of the AFLCMC, said during a "town hall" meeting recently at Tinker Air Force Base.The AFLCMC was established
Oct. 22, 2012
Air Force awards $365 million Secondary Power Logistics Solution contract at Hill

Officials from the United States Air Force and Honeywell International Inc. signed a new eight-year, $365 million extension to the Secondary Power Logistics Solution contract to provide logistics and depot support for F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft. This extension builds on Increment I of the SPLS
Oct. 22, 2012
DLA, AF collaboration saves time, money

The Maintenance Movers team here - comprised of members from the Defense Logistics Agency-Aviation, DLA-Distribution and the Air Force - has created a turnaround when it comes to handling property - a 97 percent difference in one instance. The team conducted a lean event at the end of December, and
Oct. 4, 2012
Foreign Military Sales a billion-dollar business, Tinker plays a part

Foreign Military Sales are big business to the U.S. Air Force.Brig. Gen. James Haywood, director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the overall administrator of a $128.3 billion portfolio supporting Foreign Military Sales to
Oct. 4, 2012
Combined Federal Campaign under way at Tinker

The six-week 2012 Central Oklahoma Department of Defense Combined Federal Campaign is under way, starting with a pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. today at the flag pole entrance of Bldg. 3001.The annual campaign began Wednesday and continues through Nov. 14. The "early bird" deadline is Nov.
Oct. 4, 2012
Little changes to Tinker thermostats save big money

Temperature set points work. Over the course of the summer, Bldg. 3001 and the facilities linked to substation No. 2 decreased its electrical consumption from last year by 7 percent; the base as a whole decreased by 8 percent. Much of that savings is directly related to setting the buildings'