April 16, 2020 Tinker finds ways to stay social despite social distancing With current guidance under Health Protection Condition Level Charlie preventing non-mission essential gatherings of more than 10 people, organizations around Tinker Air Force Base have come up with ways to help keep Airmen social while still maintaining a physical distance.The 72nd Force Support
April 16, 2020 Team Hill Frontlines: Jed Hall Jed Hall works in the 309th Computer Maintenance Group as a cyber security liaison. His hometown is Plain City, Utah, and his hobbies include photography, videography, snowboarding, flying his drone, and reading.
April 16, 2020 Wright-Patterson Medical Center, USAFSAM Epidemiology Lab combat COVID-19 pandemic WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – With the coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 pandemic posing a serious public health risk, new terms have become common in everyday conversations. New phrases such as “social distancing,” “flatten the curve,” “telework,” and others dominate discussions at
April 16, 2020 AFRL holds Biotech Days WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are using biotechnology solutions to address Air Force problems. Synthetic biology is being explored as a way to make novel chemical and materials, insect-inspired solutions are creating new ways to engineer
April 15, 2020 AFIMSC geospatial tools help commanders manage COVID-19 risk JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – An innovative solution by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 4 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is giving commanders from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa the ability to accurately assess operational risk and
April 15, 2020 Looking Back to…the First Around the World Flight “A Look Back” is a product produced by the Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command History Office that provides a photographic essay of a particular topic.
April 15, 2020 AF physician advises, ‘follow your nose’ to early COVID-19 diagnosis WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An ear, nose and throat surgeon in the Air Force Research Laboratory assembled a multi-national team of nine other medical professionals to consolidate their front-line observations and recommendations regarding early symptoms of patients infected with
April 15, 2020 AFSC Spotlight: Meet Randall Looke AFSC Spotlight: Meet Randall LookeRandall Looke is the chief of the Air Force Sustainment Center Contracting Directorate’s Operational Contracting Branch, which is responsible for contracting support for the 72nd Air Base Wing and all of Tinker’s tenant units. Since Looke took over as branch chief,
April 15, 2020 DOD Continues Global Military Operations Even as It Battles COVID-19 Even as the Defense Department supports the whole-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it continues its vital national security missions, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said yesterday during a Pentagon news conference.
April 15, 2020 Distanced But Not Alone: Robins helping agencies share resources, guidance on staying resilient through COVID-19 crisis Social distancing, teleworking with children at home, and non-stop media reports of the coronavirus pandemic have left many feeling out of sorts. In the midst of this national crisis, Robins helping agency experts are reaching out to remind people that the base and surrounding community has