April 7, 2021 Tinker privatized housing continues to see improvements At the end of a well-advertised housing town hall event in February, Tinker Air Force Base Commander, Col. Paul Filcek, asked the roughly two dozen in attendance how many of them actually live in base housing. After eight hands went up, Filcek then asked them to put their hands down if they were
Feb. 25, 2020 Resident involvement is key to housing progress The first quarterly town hall of the year was held on Feb. 6 in the Tinker Air Force Base auditorium to provide updates on the repair process for base housing and discuss the addition of a residents’ advocate position.The town hall was led by 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Paul Filcek and
Oct. 10, 2019 Air Force, Tinker, remain committed to Base Housing Issues Sen. Jim Inhofe and acting Secretary of the Air Force, Matthew Donovan, made a visit to Tinker Air Force Base on Oct. 1 to get a first-hand look at base housing problems.Base leadership, the Air Force Civil Engineering Center and Balfour Beatty Communities have been working through these issues at
Sept. 30, 2019 Air Force and Congressional leaders visit Tinker to address housing Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Service Committee, and Matthew Donovan, acting secretary of the Air Force, are visiting Tinker Air Force Base this week to learn more about a recent discovery of possible disturbed asbestos in older privatized housing.Tinker leadership