552nd ACW holds holiday party for children

Approximately 480 children from the 552nd Air Control Wing took part in the 9th annual children's holiday party last Saturday in Bldg. 230, Dock 2.The party, which was hosted by wing, group and squadron spouses as well as the Airman and Family Readiness Center, included a fun-filled day complete

552nd ACW Airman awarded Army medal for heroic actions

A deployed Airman was awarded the U.S. Army Commendation Medal in a ceremony here, Dec. 7, with a citation that reads in part "For heroic and selfless action in response to a life or death situation."U.S. Air Force Capt. Joshua Allen, a Combined Air and Space Operations Center senior air defense

552nd ACW members receive 12th AF awards

Six Airmen from geographically separated units which fall under the 552nd Air Control Wing here at Tinker Air Force Base have been recognized by 12th Air Force with the highest awards for achievement in cyberspace operations.Thomas Kuja, with the 728th Air Control Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base,

Appellate judges visit Tinker AFB

Two judges and the clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces made a rare visit to Tinker Air Force Base recently.All five CAAF judges were in the Sooner State to hear oral arguments in a "live" case at the University of Oklahoma in the Dick Bell Courtroom of the OU School of Law. Three

Air Force reservists participate in Red Flag Exercise

Twenty-three reservists from the 513th Air Control Group recently returned from participating in an 18-day deployment exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The exercise, called Red Flag-Alaska, is a realistic, 10-day air combat multi-service exercise.The 513th ACG is an Air Force Reserve group

ACC commander to be featured speaker for 552nd Air Control Wing heritage event

Commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Hostage, is set to speak at the 552nd's Heritage Celebration dinner Oct. 27. General Hostage, the former 552nd Air Control wing commander who served from 2002 to 2004, says he is looking forward to returning to Oklahoma to share in the wing's heritage

552nd ACW wins first base-wide energy conservation competition

The 552nd Air Control Wing has set the standard and is the winner of Tinker's first Off We Go Energy Reduction Competition. Over the course of the summer, personnel in the wing's headquarters' building decreased energy consumption by 24 percent over what was used in the same period during fiscal

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Former 552nd ACW commander looking forward to celebrating wing’s heritage

Ben T. Robinson knows a thing or two about the heritage of the 552nd Air Control Wing.After all, the retired brigadier general served as a captain pilot on the E-3 "Sentry" Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft back in the 1980s, returned to the wing for another stint as the Operations Group

965th welcomes new commander