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  • Tech. Sgt. Jason Gillo, a 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron software development lead, created the design of the Micro Ground System. The new software product, which is housed on a USB, saves the Air Force about $900,000 and removes the need to palletize and psychically safeguard 12,000 pounds of equipment (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Ashlyn K. Paulson).

    Raising the bar: Software innovation, ACNS brings the Future Faster

    After six months of planning and development, the 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron drastically improved their mission capabilities for the Airborne Warning and Control System fleet by creating a new system solution that can be transported by a six-pound laptop.“This initiative and its recent success at Combat Sentry encapsulates the brilliance
  • Staff Sgt. Zachary Goyer, Airman First Class Sarah Talley and Airman First Class Stephen Criss, with the 552nd Air Control Network Squadron, are volunteering their time and resources to make fabric masks and 3-D printed clips for plastic face shields. They're working with at least 16 military and spouse volunteers. A local company, donated fabric and materials to their cause. The Airmen have already donated over 48 of the 3-D printed clips and shields and several fabric masks to local hospice organizations, and have more ready to go. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    552nd Air Control Networks Squadron gives back during COVID-19

    “When the United States began to be impacted by Coronavirus, we knew there must be something we can do to help,” said Airman 1st Class Stephen Criss, a software tester for the 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron.In response to COVID-19, the 552nd ACNS took their own initiative to hand sew more than 100 masks and 3-D print more than 48 face shields
  • An E-3G Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft of the 552nd Air Control Wing, 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, joins the Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft in September 2019, Williamtown, Australia. The AWACS joined the RAAF to work on mission integration and partnership of similar airframes in response to the E-7A AEWC visiting the 552nd ACW in 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/2d Lt Ashlyn K. Paulson)

    552nd Air Control Wing integrates with Australia

    Time zones couldn’t stop the 552nd Air Control Wing from visiting the Royal Australian Air Force in September 2019.The 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron represented the 552nd ACW and traveled to RAAF Base Williamtown, Australia to integrate and train with the RAAF after they visited Tinker Air Force Base in 2018.While the 552nd ACW operates the
  • Members of the panel listen as Capt. Jared Evans, 552nd Training Group, introduces Immersive Media Training on April 15, 2019. Evans and Capt. Anthony Cummings, 552nd TRG were one of the winning ideas of the first 552nd Air Control Wing Spark Tank event. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Ashlyn K. Paulson).

    552nd ACW Hosts First Spark Tank Competition

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – In the hopes of obtaining funds for innovative ideas, nine representatives made their pitch to 552nd Air Control Wing leadership on April 15th at the Tinker Event Center during the 552nd ACW Spark Tank.Spark Tank, a play off the hit television show, Shark Tank, gave members of the 552nd ACW three minutes to pitch
  • Airmen from the 726th Air Control Squadron drive 99 feet of copper grounding rods and 7,000 feet of electrical cabling into the Nevada soil in less than 72 hours. This preparation was needed to set up the Tactical Operations and Control and Reporting Centers so the TYQ-23A could be fully integrated at Red Flag 19-02. (Courtesy photo).

    726th ACS first to integrate the updated Control and Reporting Center at Red Flag 19-2

    The 726th Air Control Squadron, a geographically separated unit of the 552nd Air Control Wing, impressed at recent training exercise, Red Flag 19-2. Better known by their call sign, Hardrock, the unit became the first to fully integrate the new generation of Control and Reporting Center into their training, the TYQ-23A.Red Flag is a training
  • Airmen 1st Class Elijah Brown and Steven Graves prepare to enter the fuel tanks for the Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System. Airmen must wear these GORE-TEX textured suits and ventilators to protect their respiratory systems and skin from the fuel and toxins while working on the aircraft fuel systems (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Ashlyn K. Paulson)

    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 a new vent system pressurization tool by the 552nd
  • Maj. Ryan Brewer, 14th Flying Training Wing director of innovation, speaks with Airmen from the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, about the spark cell Feb. 13, 2018, on Columbus AFB, Mississippi. Tinker AFB plans to use what they learn at the Columbus AFB Spark Cell through shared information for their own version of a spark cell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Gross)

    Columbus AFB Spark Cell shares best practices with Tinker AFB Airmen

    The Columbus Air Force Base Spark Cell is leading the way across the Air Force for what an innovation lab should be, so much so, that a team from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, visited Columbus AFB Feb. 13 to gain insight of how to develop a spark cell at their base.
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