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  • Heritage Corner: Operation Just Cause

    The US launched Operation Just Cause against Panama’s dictator, Manual Noriega, on December 20, 1989. Over 27,680 troops and 300 aircraft participated. Tactical Air Command requested two 552nd Air Control Wing E-3 Sentry aircraft to manage the air battle and support to search and rescue.

  • Total Force Integration; proving we are stronger together

    The 552nd Air Control Wing recently underwent a health assessment of its Total Force Integration efforts with the Reserve’s 513th Air Control Group. The Total Force Assessment, completed by Headquarters Air Force Directorate of Total Force Integration, was a multi-day deep dive into the relationship

  • 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.

  • COMMENTARY: This is our moment to lead reconstruction of the force

    As the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown leads the Air Force in addressing racial disparity issues, I am reminded of the challenges our forefathers faced during the reconstruction of our nation in the years following the Civil War. The 14th Amendment to the United States

  • 552nd ACNS holds DevJam innovation event

    Team Dune claimed victory when 22 civilian and military programmers participated in an agile peer programming development competition, Development Jamboree, while  social distancing at Fannin Hall on Nov. 10. The event consisted of four development teams that planned, briefed, and executed agile

  • 552nd ACW, families remember Yukla 27 crew 25 years later

    Rain could not deter the members of the Airborne Warning And Control System family on Sept. 22, 2020, as they gathered to remember the crew of Yukla 27, an E-3 Sentry flight that crashed shortly after takeoff 25 years ago.

  • 2018 552nd ACW Annual Award Winners Announced

    Col. Geoffrey Weiss, 552nd ACW commander, hosted the banquet at the Tinker Event Center beginning with a medallion ceremony for those who were nominated, followed directly by the award ceremony.The annual awards ceremony recognizes individuals who made outstanding contributions to the wing’s mission

  • Air Force Secretary announces Tinker home for B-21 Raider maintenance

    Tinker Air Force Base has been selected as the maintenance hub for the B-21 Raider — a new Air Force bomber expected to be delivered in the mid-2020s.Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced the decision Nov. 16 in a media opportunity at the base. She said Tinker AFB was selected because