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  • Colonel Engle looks back on enjoyable career

    When Col. Thomas Engle commissioned into the Air Force in 1990, he had only one goal - to fly "black jets," otherwise known as high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. He achieved his goal and said he also gained several more fantastic experiences including serving in the 552nd Air Control Wing.On

  • Siblings reunite for brother's retirement

    Being part of a large family is not that unusual, but for the Maldonado siblings, they take being part of a larger family, the Air Force family, to new heights.That family got a chance to travel from around the world for Senior Master Sgt. David Maldonado's retirement from Det. 1, 552nd Air Control

  • No air power without ground power

     "It's the life force for aircraft maintenance. If they don't have it they can't troubleshoot their jets and if they can't troubleshoot their jets, they won't be ready to conduct the mission," said Senior Airman Austin Beard, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment

  • 966th AACS Airman earns four CCAF degrees in single year

    Tech. Sgt. William Woltmann achieved something rare. In fact, he is the first Tinker Airman in a Community College of the Air Force graduating class to do it. At the May 8 Tinker ceremony, Sergeant Woltmann will accept four associates degrees, which were completed in a single graduating class.From

  • Airman returns to flying status after having part of leg amputated

    Senior Airman Justus Bosquez is a pioneer and an inspiration, but not in an obvious way. When he walks down a narrow hallway in his Airman Battle Uniform, he looks no different than his peers. Like many of them, he can do salsa, merengue and two-step dances. He can run a marathon wearing a 30-pound

  • "The Aviators" comes to Tinker, highlights KC-135, E-3 missions

     A crew from the popular television series "The Aviators" came to here on March 20-21, 2013 to highlight the KC-135 Stratotanker and the E-3 Sentry missions for an upcoming episode airing this fall.The film crew of four spent two days at Tinker filming the KC-135 and E-3 missions in order to

  • 5th annual Can/Am hockey game slated

    The fifth annual 552nd Air Control Wing Can/Am Cup hockey game is set for March 22. The contest will be held at Blazers Ice Centre in south Oklahoma City, starting at 6 p.m.The ice hockey game is intended to "support and strengthen the camaraderie between the 552 ACW and the Canadian AWACS

  • ACC command chief visits Tinker

    The command chief master sergeant of the Air Combat Command conducted informal, wide-ranging discussions with enlisted personnel, Airmen and NCOs alike, during a recent two-day visit to Tinker AFB.Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. "Rick" Parsons spent much of his time here fielding questions about

  • EAACS total force members complete deployed mission

    Many Air Force units in deployed locations operate by bringing together Airmen from different bases, who must learn to work as a team during their rotation to achieve mission success. The more than 200-member squadron responsible for the E-3 Sentry mission at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing,

  • Former 552nd ACW commander reflects on wing history

    Maj. Gen. Lori J. Robinson made history when she became the first female to command the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base in May 2007.The former wing commander has blazed a trail her entire career and continues to be a trend-setter even today, as she currently serves as the deputy