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Latest "Tinker Air Force Base" stories
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Half of Tinker’s E-3 airborne surveillance jets would be cut under Air Force budget proposal
AWACS jets have been in use at Tinker since the 1970s, but are getting harder to maintain and more vulnerable in combat.
AWACS ops group commander at Tinker fired after investigation
An investigation found Col. Gary Donovan skirted safety protocols and fostered an unhealthy workplace culture.
Air exercise with tight turnaround, no sleeping pills prompts investigation at Tinker
Airmen clash with 552nd Operations Group commander Col. Gary Donovan.
Former managers for privatized housing company plead guilty to fraud in doctoring maintenance records
Managers were part of a larger conspiracy doctoring maintenance records to make sure the housing company got millions in performance incentive fees, feds say.
By Karen Jowers