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  • Tinker Airmen return home from SW Asia

    Approximately 135 Airmen from Tinker who returned Oct. 9 from a six-month absence were met by about an equal number of family members, friends and military colleagues.The Airmen were greeted with hand-lettered signs, balloons, warm embraces, handshakes, whoops and shouts by a crowd who gathered in

  • 552nd ACW commander aims to help make America’s Wing better, stronger

    Twenty-one years ago and fresh out of pilot training a young second lieutenant began his Air Force career at the 552nd Air Control Wing. In mid-June, he returned as a colonel to lead America's Wing.Although the atmosphere is different than when his career began in 1992, Col. Jay Bickley said he

  • Combat Air Forces, 552 ACW, to resume flying

    In response to a decision by Congress to return combat flying units to full status after a three-month hiatus, the 552nd Air Control Wing has received additional flying hours from Air Combat Command, their higher headquarters, the wing's Operations Group commander has confirmed."The additional hours

  • Airman guilty of AWOL, drug counts

    A Tinker Airman admitted Monday that he went AWOL earlier this year in an attempt to evade preferral on multiple drug charges.Airman Gary D. Moore of the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pleaded guilty to being absent without leave and unlawful use of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and MDMA,

  • National commission to visit 13 bases, Tinker included

    The "National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force" is planning to visit 13 Air Force locations, including Tinker. The visits began Tuesday at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.Appointed by the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act, the commission is reviewing the Air Force's structure

  • Air Force excepts civilians affected by recent tornadoes from furlough

    The Air Force announced Monday, that civilian employees whose homes were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by the recent Oklahoma tornadoes will be "excepted" from administrative furlough.While most Air Force civilian employees received their notices May 28, Tinker Air Force Base delayed notifying

  • Airmen volunteer in storm-wracked areas of Okla.

    Nature's wrath in the form of a 1.5-mile-wide, EF-5 tornado ripped a path through the town of Moore, Okla., just south of Oklahoma City, May 20, killing 24, injuring hundreds and leaving thousands of homes in ruins. The day before, a deadly tornado ripped through small towns just east of the base.

  • Colonel Guillot brags on his Airmen

    When Col. Greg Guillot arrived at Tinker nearly a year ago to lead the 552nd Air Control Wing he said he was excited about the assignment. Having already been stationed here several times before, he knew firsthand the spirit, talent and capabilities of its Airmen. Now, as he prepares for his next