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  • President lands at Tinker AFB, surveys tornado damage in Moore

    President Barack Obama landed at here on his way to Moore, Okla. to survey the tornado devastation and meet with victims and first responders, May 26. The president shook hands and spoke with some Tinker AFB employees, families, and first responders on the flight line here before traveling down to

  • Oklahoma Tornado Relief

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  • Individual Ready Reserve muster screening at Tinker cancelled

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced that due to the devastating tornado that touched down in Moore, Okla., the Individual Ready Reserve Muster Screening, scheduled for June 8 at Tinker AFB, Okla., has been cancelled. Individuals required to attend were originally provided reporting

  • Massive tornado hits Moore, Okla.

    A powerful tornado touched down approximately three miles south of Tinker AFB hitting the town of Moore, Oklahoma. The 507th Air Refueling Wing Crisis Action Team is active and conducting accountability of all personnel at this time."We are deeply devastated by this tornado, and our heart and

  • Tinker AWACS' father-son team

    Although they aren't in the same career field, Master Sgt. Frank Deitchman and Airman 1st Class Dennis Deitchman are a father-son team proud to serve and work on the E-3 Sentry here at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Sergeant Deitchman is an Air Radar Technician with more than 5,400 flight hours on the

  • U.S. Air Force's only reserve AWACS unit receives a new commander

    Lt. Col. Brent Vander Pol assumed command of the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, the Air Force's only reserve Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) squadron, in an April 5 change of command ceremony presided by 513th Air Control Group Commander, Col. Jeffrey McGalliard. Vander Pol comes

  • "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

  • 513th ACG reservists return home on veterans day

    Eighty-nine reservists from the 513th Air Control Group returned here Sunday from a six month deployment to Southwest Asia supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.Hundreds of family members, friends, coworkers, base leadership and even a high-school marching band awaited them as they cleared customs

  • 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,