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  • Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

    Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

    Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.
  • The sun sets on the Oklahoma City Memorial site. One of the Gates of Time lights up to reveal the moment just after the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed. The site of the Reflecting Pool leading west toward this gate was once N.W. 5th St., with the Murrah Building just to the left. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    Remembering our own: Tinker Airmen among 168 victims

    The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, claimed 168 lives, including two young Airmen from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Airman 1st Class Lakesha Richardson Levy from the 72nd Medical Group and Airman 1st Class Cartney McRaven from the 32nd Combat Communications Squadron were inside the building when the Ryder truck exploded at 9:02 a.m.
  • The goal for pest management and entomology is to keep the bases insect, rodent and feral animal population at a manageable level.

    Walking on the wild side

    The goal for pest management and entomology is to keep the base's insect, rodent and feral animal population at a manageable level, Argo said. To do this they use a variety of control measures; such as setting up traps for feral animals, utilizing rodenticides and pesticides and employing local animals.
  • In honor of the Air Force’s 70th Anniversary, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., performed a flyover Sept. 16, 2017, at a University of Oklahoma football game at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Grady Epperly)

    Video: Okies bring the boom

    In honor of the Air Force's 70th birthday and the 507th Air Refueling Wing's 45th Anniversary, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th ARW, operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., performed a flyover Sept. 16, 2017, at the University of Oklahoma vs. Tulane football game held in the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. After
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