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AFSC Director Awarded Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Vol. 75, No. 5 Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Friday, February 3, 2017 INSIDE Gate-runners put lives at risk, don’t do it Page 3 Diamond STEM luncheon like a girl Air Force photo by Kelly White Page 6-7 Phil Tinker, grandson of General Clarence Tinker, Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center, and Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Principal Chief of the Osage Nation enjoy the festivities of Tinker’s 75th Anniversary kickoff luncheon Jan. 30 at the Tinker Club. This was the first of several events planned for the diamond year which will also include a marathon in February, the Star Spangled Salute in May, and the Air Force Ball in September. 72nd Air Base Wing Annual Award winners AFSC Director awarded Presidential Page 9 Rank Award of Meritorious Executive Tinker Public Affairs just a Department of Defense Tinker Events award, but a national award Calendar Jeffrey Allen, executive across the entire federal director of the Air Force Page 1b government. Sustainment Center receives The Presidential Rank award a letter from Gen. Ellen of Meritorious Executive is the Pawlikowski, commander of second highest annual award Air Force Materiel Command given to selected career SES from Lt. Gen. Lee Levy II, members and no more than commander AFSC on Mr. five percent of career Senior Allen’s award for the 2016 Executive Service members Presidential Rank award of may receive in any given year. Visit us online at Meritorious Executive. “Mr. Allen has done some www.tinker.af.mil The letter was sent in amazing things for the Air recognition of the official award Force and for the Air Force that will be presented during Sustainment Center,” said a formal presentation in the Air Force photo by Darren Heusel General Levy. “We appreciate spring at the White House. Lt. Gen. Lee Levy II, commander of the Air Force Sustainment Cen- what you do for the nation and In the letter from General ter presents Jeffrey Allen, executive director of the AFSC with a let- we wanted you to know how Pawlikowski expressed her ter from Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel proud of you we are.” Like us on Facebook congratulations and said, “As Command. Mr. Allen is a recipient of the 2016 Presidential Rank “I am very humbled, very www.facebook.com/ the executive director of the award of Meritorious Executive. The award will be presented by the honored and very appreciative tinkerairforcebase President of the United States in a formal ceremony at the White Air Force Sustainment Center, House. of this award,” Mr. Allen said. you institutionalized standard “This is not about me, though. robust processes necessary to It’s about the outstanding team manage and improve the $16 same amount of readiness at a in a 29 percent reduction in of professionals within AFSC. billion maintenance and supply reduced cost. Your pioneering facility energy intensity.” They are the ones who helped chain budget resulting in a energy savings and facility cost While presenting the letter make this possible, so I share Follow us on Twitter lower composite sales rate that reduction initiatives across Air from General Pawlikowski, this award with each one of @Team_Tinker allows the warfighter to buy the Force Space Command resulted General Levy said this wasn’t them.” 2 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — February 3, 2017 Tinker Air Force Base Air Force photo by Greg L. Davis Two P-51 Mustangs shimmer against the parking Commentary: ramp over Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. while practicing formation flying during a USAF Heritage Conference Daniel ‘Chappie’ James Jr. 2002 training flight. Howard E. Halvorsen P-51 Mustang Air Force Sustainment Center Historian Greg L. Davis In the first issue of the Tinker Take Off for 2017 72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs we discussed the F-4, the greatest air battle of the Vietnam War, Operation Bolo, and the 8th Tactical The North American P-51 “Mustang” was a single- Fighter Wing’s famous leader, then-Colonel Robin engine, air-superiority fighter and bomber escort which Olds. However, Olds did not conceive or conduct served the Army Air Corps during World War II in all the greatest air battle of the Vietnam War alone. theaters. The sleek design was built around the massive The 8th Tactical Fighter Wing was filled with V-12 engine driving an even larger propeller. The great Airmen, and none were better than Olds’ aircraft was famously used in the European theater to vice commander, then-Colonel Daniel “Chappie” escort massive formations of allied bombers striking James Jr. deep in to the heart of the Third Reich. During his career, Chappie James Jr. became the According to official Tinker history documents and first African-American general in the United States photographs, the Oklahoma City Air Depot conducted Air Force and was later the first African-American maintenance and modifications to 25 Mustangs from four-star general in any American military service Jan. 1951 to Dec. 1953. branch. He was born Feb. 11, 1920, in Pensacola, Photo courtesy of the Tinker History Office The P-51 was generally armed with six .50 cal. machine guns, three in the leading edge of each Fla., as the last of 17 children to a laborer and a Chappie James became the first African-American wing root. It could also carry up to 2,000 pounds of teacher. James’ mother taught all her students what general in the United States Air Force and was lat- she considered the 11th commandment: Thou er the first African-American four-star general in any external stores including bombs, rockets and long- shalt never quit. He passed away of a heart attack American military service branch. range drop tanks. The V-12 engine is very efficient at Feb. 25, 1978 – just three weeks after retiring. His high altitudes which allowed it to remain with striking bomber formations. There were five distinct versions of nickname came from copying an older brother’s Colonel Gadhafi succeeded in his revolution there. the Mustang beginning with the P-51A, P-51B, P-51C, nickname, Chappie, after “Baby Dan” no longer James’ leadership and diplomatic skills were put to P-51D with high-visibility bubble canopy, and P-51K. suited his 6’4”, 250-pound frame. full use in that delicate situation in which the new There were also multiple reconnaissance variants and Chappie James Jr. grew up wanting to be a pilot anti-Western, radical Libyan leader sought to expel even a Twin-Mustang; two P-51s joined together with a after seeing the planes constantly taking off and the Air Force. Back home James’ speeches on center wing and flown by one pilot, known as the P-82. landing at nearby Pensacola Naval Air Station. Americanism and patriotism were so well regarded, The all-black pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group After being expelled from Tuskegee his senior many were read into the Congressional Record. were trained in Tuskegee, Alabama, and flew P-47 year for one too many escapades, he attended the Chappie James also went on to be vice commander Thunderbolt and multiple versions of the P-51 civilian pilot training program there at Tuskegee. of Military Airlift Command and eventually Mustang. The “Red Tailed” Tuskegee Airmen gained After completion, he joined the Army Air Corps was promoted to four-star grade and assigned as not only fame, but the everlasting respect of the bomber as a 2nd lieutenant and continued to teach flying commander in chief, NORAD/ADCOM in 1975. crews they escorted over Europe by attaining one of to young cadets. Chappie did not see combat until This meant he had operational command of all U.S. the lowest combat loss rates of any escort unit in the the Korean War, flying 101 combat missions. and Canadian strategic aerospace defense forces. Later, during the Vietnam War, he flew 78 combat Chappie James was taken from us all too soon at the European theater. missions. In fact, it was his actions during the age of 58, but he lived a remarkable life. His civilian The P-51 had moved from front-line service to a Vietnam War that makes him not only an Air Force awards alone, including many honorary doctorate dependable, but aging mount with the Air National hero, but an 8th TFW “Wolf Pack” legend. degrees, are too many to list here. In 1969, after Guard and Air Force Reserves by the time the Korean In 1966 Chappie James Jr. was sent to Ubon almost 30 years passed, Tuskegee awarded James a War kicked off. The Air Force was quickly transitioning Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, first as Bachelor of Science degree based on the numerous in to the jet age by this time, but soon found it still deputy commander for operations and later on as credit hours he had earned during his military career. needed tough aircraft like the F-51 which could handle vice commander to Colonel Robin Olds for the 8th He overcame extreme poverty, racism - including rough airfield and maintenance conditions. The F-51 TFW. Together “Blackman and Robin” planned segregation in the military when he first joined - Mustang was put in to the fight flying from airfields the famous Operation Bolo MiG sweep, the most and combat in multiple wars to set a great example in Japan and the Korean Peninsula in support of successful air operation of the war with the highest of how great we all can be if we follow the 11th United Nations troops. Some of the Air Force’s most recognizable combat leaders at the time and in later total kill of any air mission during that war.
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