March 6, 2023 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
Feb. 1, 2023 OC-ALC donates advanced light microscope to OU under education agreement The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex donated an advanced light microscope to the University of Oklahoma in a ceremony held here Jan. 25, 2023. Attended by OC-ALC and OU leadership, the microscope was officially signed over to the Samuel Roberts Noble Microscopy Laboratory. The microscope, a Zeiss
Sept. 29, 2022 Casting new methods of production saves Air Force time, money The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, part of the Air Force Sustainment Center, has a new additive manufacturing approach to solve an old problem, sourcing hard to acquire parts for legacy aircraft. By digitally recreating the mold used to create cast parts, instead of building the part from
Aug. 4, 2022 Secretary of the Air Force receives F-35 engine update at Tinker AFB Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Tinker Air Force Base on July 28th for an update on the base’s support to the F-35 Lightning engine program.
Dec. 27, 2021 568th AMXS completes first year of depot production at new KC-46A campus Members of the 568th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron had a busy first year of depot production, completing maintenance work on 23 scheduled KC-46A Pegasus aircraft. In the process, the maintainers also beat their own turnaround time goal by a day, averaging 35 days to return the Air Force’s newest
Aug. 6, 2021 Congressman Cole visits Tinker U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma District 4, visited Tinker Air Force Base Aug. 3, 2021. Cole visited to get mission updates from Tinker organizations including the Air Force Sustainment Center, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, 552nd Air Control Wing, 72nd ABW, 507th Air Refueling Wing and the U.S.
Dec. 23, 2020 Student assignment process focus of Sheppard's first Art of the Possible event An initiative that encourages innovation and creativity that challenges the status quo is underway here to take a soups-to-nuts look at the technical training process and, over time, improve its various phases employing a constraints-based management system used by Air Force Sustainment Centers. A
Oct. 22, 2020 Show some love, Combined Federal Campaign returns The Combined Federal Campaign is returning to Tinker Air Force Base for 2020, encouraging the Tinker community to “show some love.” The pledge drive, which runs through Jan. 15, allows service members; federal employees; federal and military retirees and federal contractors across the government to
Sept. 24, 2020 B-1B Integrated Battle Station modification completed An eight-year project to install the Integrated Battle Station on the B-1B Lancer fleet has been completed ahead of schedule. Sixty aircraft went through the modification process that began in late 2012 and was completed in September 2020.The Integrated Battle Station was developed as three separate
Aug. 21, 2020 Under Secretary Lord visits AFSC, OC-ALC Hon. Ellen Lord, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, visited Tinker Air Force Base August 18, 2020, to gain an overall understanding of the Air Force Sustainment Center’s mission as the supporting command for readiness in the Air Force.