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Leading from the Top Vol. 75, No. 31 Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Friday, August 4, 2017 INSIDE Leading from the top Family values: Mother and son reunite while deployed Page 3 Total Force Airmen maximize refueling capacity in Europe Pages 6-7 Roberts assumes command of Oklahoma Wing Page 8 Air Force photo by Todd Cromar Jeffrey Allen, Air Force Sustainment Center executive director, makes opening remarks during the Emerging Supervisor Development 72nd LRS hosts Program graduation ceremony at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, July 31. EDSP is an AFSC merit-based succession planning tool used to special operations identify and develop high-potential employees interested in assuming a supervisory position. unit tour Page 8 Girls emPOWERment Air Force senior leaders unveil new priorities Camp Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Page 1A WASHINGTON (AFNS) – In a recent letter to the Total Force, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright released their new priorities and addressed issues Airmen face day to day. Visit us online at “For more than 70 years, our fellow www.tinker.af.mil Americans have asked you to be the sentinels of air and space for the nation, and you continue to deliver unmatched air and space power every day,” the leaders said. “Looking forward, our obligations to the country will never change. We will always lead and support the joint force in defending Like us on Facebook our homeland, owning the high ground and www.facebook.com/ projecting power with our allies.” tinkerairforcebase As the demands for Air Force capabilities increase the lethality of the force. continued. “Each and every one of our Total continue to increase, the senior leaders Drive innovation … to secure our future. Force Airmen has a role to play in making us established the following priorities to ensure Develop exceptional leaders … to lead successful in this endeavor. We will prevail the Air Force is always able to answer the the world’s most powerful teams. through the power of our people. You and nation’s call and win: Strengthen our alliances ... because we your families represent the absolute best Restore readiness … to win any fight, are stronger together. of our nation. We are humbled to lead our Follow us on Twitter any time. “Everything we do as a team should great Air Force and honored to serve with @Team_Tinker Cost-effectively modernize … to advance or augment these priorities,” they you every day.” 2 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — August 4, 2017 Tinker Air Force Base Commentary: Photo courtesy of Tinker History Office Maj. Louis J. Sebille earns USAF’s first Medal A B-1 lands at Tinker with Bldg. 3001 in the back- ground. Tinker’s long history with the bomber dates of Honor during the Air Force’s first war back to August 1968, long before the official request for proposal to industry was issued. The Oklahoma Howard E. Halvorsen City Air Materiel Area received formal assignment of Air Force Sustainment Center Historian the B-1 management on June 1, 1972. As most know, the Korean War started on Sunday, June 25, 1950, at 4 a.m. with the Rockwell B-1 Lancer invasion of the Republic of Korea (ROK) by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). aircraft profile The South Koreans, despite incredible bravery, were immediately pushed back by overwhelming Greg L. Davis numbers and superior arms of the North Korean 72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office Army, the Inmun Gun. President Truman, working with the United Nations, quickly acted by approving The Rockwell, now Boeing, B-1 Lancer is a long- the sending of troops from Japan to help the ROKs. range, multi-role, heavy bomber used exclusively by American troops arrived piecemeal and, initially, in the U.S. Air Force. The B-1 program was the answer insufficient strength to stem the tide from the North. by industry to the Department of Defense request What kept an unrelenting retreat from becoming a for the B-52 Stratofortress’ replacement in the late rout was the work of the U.S. Air Force. It was the 1960s under the Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft Air Force that was a force multiplier throughout project. The innovative design can be characterized the war eliminating the numerical advantage of the as a scaled-up fighter-type aircraft with variable- enemy. geometry wings for better maneuverability at high- By August 1950, the ROK and American forces speeds. The first flight of the B-1A took place Dec. had just taken a defensive position behind the 23, 1974, which was also the first flight for the Naktong River. This means the ROK Army had YF101 engines designed specifically for the project been pushed from the 38th parallel through Seoul Photo courtesy of Tinker History office by General Electric. The B-1 sits on tricycle landing gear with long, and Suwon. The American Task Force Smith had Maj. Louis J. Sebille arrived to help stem the tide just north of Osan but contoured fuselage lines and a wing which meets the it and other American units were also pushed back before the Korean War. lower fuselage in a blended joint designed to seamlessly with their ROK allies through Osan, Cheonan and Korea in 1950 was not only a land cut by multiple accommodate the wing pivot point. Composite Daejon. hills and valleys, but lacked in roads and was no materials are used across the airframe to lower the They were then pushed southeast away from Iksan, place for a mechanized army. The Naktong River weight and help reduce the radar signature. Large Gunsan and the Kum River, and Gwangju. As the was the last natural defense barrier to the port of engine nacelles holding two F101 engines are attached combined armies were pushed ever southeastward, Pusan and became part of the Pusan Perimeter. to the fuselage below the wing joint on each side of it looked as if there might be another Dunkirk while After pulling back behind the river, Eighth Army the fuselage. The vertical tail and horizontal tailplanes still hoping for a “Miracle on the Marne.” Some commander Lt. Gen. Walton “Johnny” Walker gave feature swept leading edges with the tailplane mounted officers with experience from World War II had his famous “stand or die” order to his men. halfway up the tail. Early pre-production airframes never had to conduct a retreat and did not know how. had a pointed tailcone which was later replaced with a Most of the troops had never experienced combat See Sebille page 10. rounded one on production aircraft. Tinker’s association with what would become the B-1 began when Air Force Logistics Command named the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area as the This week in Tinker history provisional system manager for the future bomber on July 30, 1941 - Formal as base commander. Col. Hardin W. Masters Aug. 12, 1968. This was before the official request for groundbreaking ceremonies becomes base commander. proposal to industry was issued. Rockwell answered are conducted. Aug. 1, 1955 - The base installs its first IBM the RFP with the B-1 bomber design while partnering Aug. 3, 1942 - A medical 702 electronic data processing machine. with GE for the engines. The contract for five flight detachment staffs the new Aug. 1958 - Dyna-Soar, a manned spaceship, test aircraft on June 5, 1970, was soon followed by 145-bed station hospital. becomes a Tinker responsibility. formal assignment of the B-1 management on June Aug. 1, 1945 - Army Air Forces Aug. 1961 - The 32nd Air Division replaces the Day Open House draws 50,000 people to the 33rd Air Division at the Oklahoma City Air Force See Rockwell page 10. installation. Station. Aug. 1, 1948 - United States Air Force Aug. 1, 1961 - The 1984th Army Airways Manufacturer: Rockwell (now Boeing) Inspector General (11th District Office of Special Communications System Squadron is re-designated Aircraft type: B-1 Investigations) is assigned. as the 1984th Communication Squadron. Nickname: Lancer Aug. 1, 1953 - With the establishment of the Aug. 1, 1988 - Organic depot activation of Crew: 4 2854th Air Base Wing, the Oklahoma City Air the F107 engine occurs on schedule. The first Power plant: Four General Electric F101 Materiel Area commander no longer serves production engine is successfully tested. afterburning turbofan engines producing 30,000 pounds of thrust each. In-service dates: Dec. 23, 1974-present Number produced: 104 2017 Key events: Sept. 16: Air Force Ball Oct. 13: Capstone Event Tinker connection: Program management, maintenance, repair and overhaul August 4, 2017 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — 3 Family values: Mother and son reunite while deployed Staff Sgt. Marjorie A. Bowlden 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates - Wake, work, sweat, eat, sleep, repeat. The deployment grind can easily become engrained in deployed Airmen as they work to keep the mission going. The routine of Senior Airman Colt, currently deployed with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Senior Airman Colt, left, Maintenance Squadron, recently took a departure from and his mother Maj. the norm when his mother paid him a surprise visit. Donna, right, reunite at Al Dhafra Air Base, “Of all the places I get to meet up with him, how United Arab Emirates, about the middle of the desert?” said Maj. Donna, July 20, after spending currently deployed as the sexual assault prevention two years apart. Don- and response program manager for U.S. Air Forces na decided to surprise Central Command at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. her son with a brief visit Donna, normally stationed at Yokota Air Base, when their deployment Japan, had not seen her son in two years, she said.
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