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  • Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility reopens

    A newly expanded Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility for the 552nd Air Control Wing opened on April 4. With the emerging requirements of the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, the old SCIF did not meet the demands of mission planning, platform upgrades, intelligence

  • Tinker Airman found safe in MN

    Senior Airman Scott Young, a member of the of the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base,  was found safe at 10 p.m. last night in Minnesota.Senior Airman Young was reported as AWOL or “Absent Without Leave”, from his unit on March 27 as base officials began to locate the

  • Canadian Detachment Celebrates 40 Years at Tinker AFB

    40 years of partnership, prosper and pride represents the Canadian Detachment and their arrival at Tinker Air Force Base on April 1, 1979.42 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who comprise the Canadian Detachment, are embedded with seven squadrons of the 552nd Air Control Wing and take on

  • Tinker Airman AWOL as base officials seek answers to locate member

    A member of the of the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, has been reported as AWOL or “Absent Without Leave”, from his unit, as of March 27.  The missing member, Senior Airman Scott Young, was last seen in Oklahoma City on March 26. The Tinker Air Force Base Office of

  • 552nd ACW Fuel Systems Creates New Tool in 12 Hours

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – “What’s the game plan,” said the Accessories Flight Chief. “Well sir I do not think you are going to like it… we are going to have to do something that has never been done before,” replied Tech. Sgt. Marquis Gaines.This was the conversation that led to the creation of

  • 552nd March Madness Tournament

    "The Problems" from the 552nd Operations Support Squadron took home the title in the 2nd Annual America's Wing March Madness 3-on-3 basketball tournament. This year teams from the 552nd Air Control Wing, 552nd Maintenance Group, 552nd Maintenance Squadron, 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 552nd

  • 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 formalizes policy on retention of non-deployable Airmen

    In accordance with Department of Defense policy on military retention of non-deployable service members, the Air Force implemented its guidance in a memo signed Feb. 19. Airmen who have been non-deployable for more than 12 consecutive months will be notified by their chain of command and evaluated