Jan. 5, 2024 AF Year in Photos This year's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This annual feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
June 30, 2022 Under Secretary of the Air Force visits Tinker AFB During the visit, Jones traveled to the Oklahoma City Air Logistic Complex, which is the largest maintenance depot within the Air Force Materiel Command and supports various aircraft and engine workloads.
Oct. 6, 2020 Tinker AFB completes construction for Energy Savings Performance Contract project This certification provides sustained program structure and imposes a rigorous international energy management standard centered around continual improvement, enhancing energy, controlling costs, operations and maintenance savings, and safety.
June 23, 2020 Tanker Directorate team installs ADS-B Out on KC-135 fleet The ADS-B Out program was established to upgrade the KC-135 fleet with the next-generation transponder system that is critical for air traffic control’s visibility into their respective airspace. The system broadcasts the precise position and location of aircraft in real time, giving air traffic
Jan. 5, 2020 New weapons system completes first live mission The ground-based weapons system allows squadron members at Tinker AFB to provide command and control to both live and simulated aircraft from around the country. Only 18 of these weapons systems exist in Air Force inventory and Tinker AFB is now one of only four active-duty bases to have this
Dec. 23, 2019 Air Forces Africa establishes Cadre of African Bridge Advisors U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa recently implemented a new program, AFAFRICA Cadre of African Bridge Advisors, across the command aimed at improving the cultural and language gap when operating in Africa.
Dec. 12, 2019 Tinker AFB lengthens life of B-1 Lancer In order to keep the B-1 Lancer fleet serving the Air Force for the next 20 years, it will need dedicated structural repair and maintenance.
Nov. 12, 2019 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron creates first qualification training for Mission Defense Teams The 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron graduated nine students from the Air Force’s first Mission Qualification Training course for Mission Defense Teams, qualifying them to be operators on the Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter Weapon System.
May 23, 2019 Okies support exercise Northern Edge The 507th ARW and 465th Air Refueling Squadron provided KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling support to joint Department of Defense aircraft during the large force exercise.
July 27, 2017 Total Force Airmen maximize refueling capacity in Europe In a long-standing total force partnership between Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing are augmenting the 100th Air Refueling Wing here to provide KC-135R Stratotanker mid-air refueling support to the European theater of operations, July
March 9, 2015 Ground equipment Airmen keep aircraft aloft It’s the minute details of tasks that make what Airmen do so vital to accomplishing their missions. For the Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) flight, these details have a profound impact on flightline operations each day.
Feb. 6, 2015 Tinker acquires land for KC-46A Pegasus maintenance Tinker Air Force Base officials announced Feb. 2, the acquisition of 158 acres of land on the southwest side of the base to stand up a depot maintenance facility for the Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling aircraft, the KC-46A Pegasus.
Dec. 9, 2014 Warfighters reap benefits as critical upgrades continue The AWAC 40/45 program office is delivering, and potentially accelerating, critical upgrades to the service's primary platform.
Oct. 18, 2014 Dragon ‘fires up’ for flight The Air Force and NATO are undergoing a cooperative development effort to upgrade the avionics and cockpit displays of AWACS aircraft belonging to the 552nd Air Control Wing here and the NATO E-3 Sentrys from Geilenkirchen, Germany.
Sept. 7, 2014 AFMC commander: Tough decisions create opportunities Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, the commander of Air Force Materiel Command, told members of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, the biggest challenge the Air Force faces is doing business in a constrained budget environment.
Aug. 14, 2014 CMSAF encourages Airmen during visit to Tinker AFB Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and his wife Athena visited Airmen Aug. 1-2, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.