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  • Airman saves four lives, a true hero

    An Airman from the 552 Air Control Wing is lauded a hero after a short swim with some friends turned into a lifesaving venture over Columbus Day weekend. Senior Airman Chris Harlan, 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron, was on his way back from Kansas with two friends when they decided to stop at

  • Wingman: Leader, follower, friend

    Since 2004, the Air Force has encouraged Airmen to embrace the Wingman concept. However, some non-flyers have asked how this concept applies to them. Our heritage stems from Airmen taking care of each other in the air and on the ground. In practical terms any Airmen can relate to, being a "Wingman"

  • Expeditionary is Our Middle Name

    Expedition: "Sent on military service abroad..." -Webster's Collegiate Dictionary I know you are saying, "...Great, more talk about the Airman's Manual" Ten years ago, "words" like Manas and Bagram were not part of our daily conversations. But, being expeditionary is an important part of our

  • Chief returns to Tinker after serving in CJTF- Horn of Africa

    Chief Master Sgt. John R. Harris Jr., command senior enlisted leader for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, returned to Oklahoma City Wednesday after spending 13 months in Djibouti. As the principal enlisted advisor to the commander, Chief Harris worked to integrate, utilize and sustain

  • Tinker Airmen remember POW/MIAs through exercise, sweat

    The jodi calls float through the cool morning air as a long, thin line of Airmen in black T-shirts jog in formation around Tinker as the sun slowly rises in the east. Running two-by-two, Airmen from units across Tinker used sweat and exercise to honor those who were held as prisoners of war and/or

  • 552nd ACW commander receives first star

    Brig. Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of the 552nd Air Control Wing was frocked to the rank of brigadier general in a brevet ceremony on Sept. 21 in Bldg. 230, Dock 2, only four months after becoming the first woman to ever command the wing. In a brevet, or frocking ceremony, an officer receives a

  • Changes coming for 'chem refresher' training

    When many Airmen hear the phrase "you're scheduled for chem training," they know it's time to pull their gas mask out of their car trunk, closet or supply section and get ready for a long day of lecture, sweat and flying charcoal. It meant at least five to six hours in a classroom watching

  • Manta Airmen continue their counterdrug war

    American forces flying from here to hunt down drug runners could soon have to pack up their whole operation and move elsewhere. That is because Ecuadorian President Raphael Correa wants American forces out of the Andean country. He vows not to renew a 1999 agreement with the United States that