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Armed Forces Day Parade Vol. 74, No. 21 Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Thursday, May 26, 2016 INSIDE Armed Forces Memorial Robinson Day a time assumes Day Parade command Team Tinker was well represented at the Armed Forc- to honor of NORAD, es Parade May 21 in Del City. Col. Stephanie Wilson, NORTHCOM 72nd Air Base Wing commander, at right, served as the parade’s grand marshal. Col. David Gaedecke, 552nd the fallen Page 4 Air Control Wing commander, and 552nd ACW Com- mand Chief Master Sgt. Avery Woodridge, bottom left, Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski passed out candy along the parade route. The Tinker Air Force Materiel Command Honoring Honor Guard presented the colors. Commander the Blue: WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR Police Week FORCE BASE, Ohio — For Pages 8-9 many of us, Memorial Day kicks off the summer season. Families will gather for cookouts, go boating or swim at the pool. While Gen. Ellen you enjoy these Pawlikowski activities, please be mindful of your safety. But as we spend time with friends and family, let us be reminded Air Force photos by April McDonald of the most important meaning Luncheon of this day. celebrates Established in 1868, Asian and Memorial Day was a day Pacific Islander Canadian Governor General and heritage See Memorial Day page 5. Page 2a Commander-in-Chief to visit Tinker Darren D. Heusel AFSC/CC Message Tinker Events Tinker Public Affairs Memorial Day, a Calendar This Memorial Day weekend, time to remember Page 1b Tinker Air Force Base will have the honor of officially Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II welcoming the Governor Air Force Sustainment Center General and Commander-in- Commander Chief of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David AFSC Airmen, Johnston. On Armed As part of a working visit to Forces Day we Visit us online at the states of Georgia, Florida, thank those who www.tinker.af mil Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado are serving. to discuss and promote On Veterans innovation, education, trade and Day we say thank you to philanthropy, Governor General Lt. Gen. Johnston will make a special those who Lee K. Levy II stop at Tinker to recognize its served. Photo by Sgt. Ronald Duchesne, Rideau Hall Like us on Facebook role in advancing the U.S.- On Memorial Day we honor www facebook.com/ Canada defense partnership. On March 18, 2014, His Excellency the Right Honorable David and remember those who served Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, tinkerairforcebase Since 1979, Canadians have in the Armed Forces and gave welcomed back to Canada the last 84 members of the Canadian all of their tomorrows for our served alongside U.S. military Armed Forces who were serving in Afghanistan. personnel at Tinker to support todays. We only have to look around Airborne Warning and Control some members of the Canadian General and Commander-in- us to see what we have, but System operations worldwide. Chief, His Excellency the Right Army, along with their families, Memorial Day is when we Today, this partnership Honorable David Johnston to stationed here at Tinker. remember why. Amazing men Follow us on Twitter continues with the presence of the 552nd Air Control Wing and more than 40 members of the “It’s our honor and privilege and women from the beginning @Team_Tinker Royal Canadian Air Force and to welcome the Governor See Canada page 5. See Message page 7. 2 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — May 26, 2016 Home away from home Air Force photo by Michael Della Vecchio Approximately 30 members of the Home Away from Home program pose for a photograph outside an E-3 “Sentry” Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft as part of a “Team Tinker” tour May 18. The Home Away from Home members represent families who are paired with a Sailor or Airman assigned to Tinker Air Force Base as part of the program to provide them with a place to go and spend time away from work while stationed at Tinker. During their visit to the base, the host community members had lunch at the enlisted dining facility, toured the enlisted dormitories, received unclassified mission briefings from the 552nd Air Control Wing and Navy Strategic Communications Wing ONE and toured an E-3 and Navy E-6B “Mercury” aircraft. Barksdale unit first to train with latest B-52 upgrade Senior Airman Joseph Raatz 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) — In a world of military budget constraints and tough acquisition choices, boosting the efficiency of current assets is a no- brainer. The last B-52 Stratofortress rolled Staff Sgt. Stefano Cothran, off the assembly line in 1962, but while a 2nd Aircraft Maintenance the airframe itself is well-seasoned, the Squadron weapons load internal components are continually team member, secures a upgraded to keep up with the demands GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition to a pylon during of the modern battlespace. Efforts like the 2014 Global Strike the Military Standard 1760 Internal Challenge on Barksdale Air Weapons Bay Upgrade program aim to Force Base, La., Aug. 27, keep the bomber at the forefront of U.S. 2014. Up to eight GBU-38 power projection for decades to come. JDAMs can now be carried Last week, the 96th Bomb Squadron inside the bomb bay of became the first operational B-52 the B-52H Stratofortress, squadron to employ this latest upgrade following the 1760 Internal during a local training mission. Weapons Bay Upgrade. “The IWBU to the B-52H provides The upgrade also increases increased carriage capability for the number of JDAMs that can be externally carried precision weapons to include the to 16, for a total payload GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack increase of 100 percent. Munition,” said Capt. Kenny, a 96th Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Gonsier Bomb Squadron instructor weapon systems officer. “This new capability wiring inside the bomb bay. The first increment of the IWBU our fuel requirements and provides us also extends our range by reducing the “JDAMs use a digital architecture in rewires the B-52’s internally carried with more flexible loadouts, enabling amount of drag that external weapons conjunction with a software component conventional rotary launcher, allowing us to strike a wider range of target types produce.” called a Stores Management Overlay it to house and communicate with during any given mission.” The JDAM is one of the Air to communicate with the aircraft,” up to eight J-series weapons. It also The next increment of the program Force’s most advanced precision- Kenny said. “The B-52’s pylons have reconfigures the external pylons to will allow the B-52 to internally carry guided bombs, using GPS-assisted had the capability to speak to the carry up to 16 of the laser-guided eight joint air-to-surface standoff inertial navigation to deliver up to digital systems on precisions weapons JDAM variant. missiles, as well as a variety of miniature 2,000 pounds of high explosives with like JDAM for years, while the bomb “IWBU nearly doubles the number air-launched decoys. It will also give pinpoint accuracy. Currently, the B-52 bay remained analog and only capable of JDAMs a single plane can carry,” the B-52 the option of carrying up to can carry up to 12 J-series weapons on of dropping unguided conventional Kenny said. “This gives us the option 12 extended-range JASSM-ERs on the its exterior pylons, but they cannot be weapons. That’s where the IWBU to reduce the number of aircraft carried internally due to a difference in comes in.” required to execute a mission, lowers See Upgrade page 5. May 26, 2016 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — 3 Flying with DRAGON CURRENT TRAFFIC ADVISORIES improves capabilities Bridge closure: The bridge on Cook Avenue between Rawlings and Mitchell Avenues is closed Patty Welsh until 5 p.m. Sept. 2 to allow the contractor to repair 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs the spillway at the bridge. Parking space closure: 27 parking spaces HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) against the north end of Bldg. 2211 closed until — A recent successful test flight of an upgraded 5 p.m. June 6 for the contractor to replace siding Flight Management System Suite for the E-3 Sentry on north face of Bldg. 2211. (AWACS) provides the warfighter with enhanced Lane, road and parking space closures: battle management capabilities. S. Staff Drive and Entrance Road “A” until AWACS aircraft provide an integrated command 5:30 p.m. June 30 to install duct bank for new sub- and control battle management, surveillance, target station along Staff Drive and Entrance Road “A.” detection, and tracking platform. The aircraft provides Road closure: Rapcon Road from Reserve an accurate, real-time picture of the battlespace to the Road to Patrol Road Phase II until 4 p.m. June 15. Joint Air Operations Center. Parking space closure: 226 parking spaces The upgrade provides three principal benefits to in the parking lot surrounding Bldg. 3333 until the warfighter. It ensures compliance with current July 1. The closure is needed to construct a new and future air traffic control requirements, giving the electrical sub-station in the southeast corner of the aircraft broader access to conduct battle management lot. operations in airspace around the world. It resolves Road and parking closure: “D” Avenue non-sustainable analog equipment with commercially between 5th Avenue and Arnold Street until 5 p.m. viable digital avionics, replacing 1970s-era systems; July 1. The closure is needed to allow contractor and it also reduces cockpit crew personnel from four to demolish islands along “D” Avenue and to three by automating the navigation function.
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