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  • A podcast dedicated to the latest events and happenings on one of the largest Air Force bases, “Tinker Talks” features various perspectives from the 5,600-acre installation. Captured by the 72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, this podcast shares stories, updates and insights on Tinker Air Force Base.

    Tinker Talks: Leading through a pandemic

    On this episode of Tinker Talks we sit down with four senior leaders to talk about leading through a pandemic, specifically COVID-19.Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Commander Brig. Gen. Chris Hill, 448th Supply Chain Management Wing Director Dennis D’Angelo and 72nd Air Base Wing
  • Gen. Bunch and Chief Master Sgt. Cadell are being briefed by leadership with the 309th Commodities Maintenance Group.

    AFMC's top leaders visit Hill AFB to see operations, address diversity and inclusion

    Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., said he was "really impressed" during his recent visit to Hill Air Force Base. The general and AFMC Command Chief Chief Master Sgt. Stanley C. Cadell visited Hill AFB June 10-11 to view how critical missions at the base are being executed and the impacts to AFMC’s teams during COVID-19.
  • Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, right, greets Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein with an elbow bump upon his arrival at Tinker Air Force Base June 8. Goldfein visited Tinker to observe firsthand the operational and financial impacts to sustainment due to COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jonathan Stock)

    CSAF visits Team Tinker, highlights critical COVID-19 response to warfighter

    Gen. David Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, visited Tinker Air Force Base on June 8, 2020, to experience in-depth and observe the operations within the Air Force Sustainment Center and the 552nd Air Control Wing that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
  • The coronavirus pandemic has made the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing even more geographically separated than normal. Approximately 95% of the wing’s personnel at Tinker Air Force Base are teleworking. Patrick Nash, the lead for the wing’s Unit Control Center team, Unit Deployment Manager and security management offices, is one of the few remaining in the office. (Air Force photo by April McDonald)

    448th Supply Chain Management Wing meets challenges of COVID-19

    As the Air Force’s single point of wholesale supply chain management operations, the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing is definitely mission essential. With the onset of the coronavirus, the wing has had to adjust the way it does business in order to meet the demands of its mission.
  • Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett listens to Lt. Col. Jennifer Hardos, 75th Medical Group, in the lobby of the medical clinic.

    SECAF tours Hill missions to view operational capabilities during pandemic

    Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett visited Hill Air Force Base April 30 in order to get a firsthand look at critical mission activities here and how the base was operating under current restrictions due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
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    AFMC mission operational under ‘new norm’

    With a focus on high priority, critical operational needs and ensuring the health and safety of Airmen, the Air Force Materiel Command continues to maintain support to the Air Force across all mission areas in the face of COVID-19.
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    AFSC Commander Update on COVID-19 Posture

    AFSC Teammates,In the midst of this pandemic, our top priority at the Air Force Sustainment Center is to ensure the health and safety of our workforce while we balance mission readiness and our support to national security.  Not only must we continue our unique contributions to the defense of our nation, we also have an important responsibility to
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    AFMC commander provides COVID-19 mission update

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, provides an update to the force on AFMC missions and readiness during COVID-19.
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    Robins increases Health Protection Condition status in response to COVID-19

    The Secretary of the Air Force has directed all installations to elevate to Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Charlie on March 25 to combat the spread of COVID-19 across the Department of the Air Force and our local communities.

  • DOD releases overseas stop movement order in response to COVID-19

    Building upon previously enacted movement restrictions governing foreign travel, permanent change of station moves, temporary duty and personal leave, this stop movement order will also impact exercises, deployments, redeployments and other global force management activities. Approximately 90,000 Service Members slated to deploy or redeploy over the next 60 days will likely be impacted by this stop movement order.
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