Vol. 75, No. 23 Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Friday, June 9, 2017 72nd ABW has moved to Bldgs. 1002 Inhofe tours Tinker and 7005 Page 4 INSIDE 552nd ACW cuts ribbon on new medical clinic Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II Page 5 AFSC/CC Message Honoring an enduring Air Force photo by Darren D. Heusel symbol Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, right, looks on as Sen. Jim Inhofe Massive boards his airplane positioned in front of Base Ops following a brief visit to Tinker Air Force Base May Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II undertaking 31. The senator was in the local area to attend a number of community events and received a quick Air Force Sustainment Center of the KC-135 tour of the base to discuss ongoing initiatives he’s working on Capitol Hill. The Oklahoma senator and Commander double-belly pilot occasionally flies his own plane, a Grumman Tiger, when conducting business at Tinker. removal AFSC Airmen, Every year June 14 is a Page 6-7 special, nationally recognized Real ID Act, compliance, day to honor our flag, which Tinker’s Healthy remains an enduring symbol of Lifestyle Festival hope, liberty, and freedom. limited extension On June 14, 1777, the Page 8 72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs U.S. Permanent resident card (Form I-551) Continental Congress adopted • U.S. certificate of naturalization or certificate a resolution establishing the Tinker Events The state of Oklahoma has been on a limited of citizenship (Form N-550) United States flag as having Calendar extension for the REAL ID Act from the Department • Employment authorization document issued by 13 stripes alternating between of Homeland Security through June 6. Unless an DHS (Form I-766) seven red and six white; and that Page 1b additional extension is granted by DHS, enforcement • U.S. refugee travel document or other travel the union be thirteen stars, white of the REAL ID Act will begin for Oklahoma IDs July document or evidence of immigration status in a blue field representing a 10. On that date a current, non-compliant Oklahoma issued by DHS containing a photograph new constellation. Our flag ID can be used for entry only if the individual has (permit to re-enter form I-327 and refugee has since added more stars, but another form of identification off of the list below. travel document form I-571) remains the enduring symbol The forms of ID on this list are for use at Tinker AFB • Transportation worker identification credential of liberty and freedom it has only and several IDs on this list may not grant you (TWIC) always been for our Nation. The Visit us online at entry for other federal facilities or military bases. • Merchant Mariner card issued by DHS/U.S. 13 horizontal stripes represent www.tinker.af.mil If you are traveling to other Federal Installations/ Coast Guard (USCG) the original 13 colonies, while buildings it is recommended you contact them before • Driver’s license or ID issued by a state that the stars represent the 50 states traveling to that location. meets the Real ID standards or has an extension of the Union. The colors of Other forms of federally-issued identification (or interim driver’s license) the flag are symbolic as well: will be accepted instead of a non-compliant • State issued EDLs red symbolizes hardiness and driver’s license including: • Foreign government issued passport valor, white signifies purity and • A U.S. passport or passport card innocence, and blue represents Like us on Facebook • PIV-I cards issued by non-federal government • federally-issued personal identification entities vigilance, perseverance and www.facebook.com/ justice. tinkerairforcebase verification (PIV) card Identification that will be accepted along with • driver’s license issued by the U.S. Department a non-compliant driver’s license include Social Flag Day observances were of State Security card, birth certificate, voter registration initially held at a local or state • Border crossing card (DSP-150) card, state issued concealed carry license, state level until the first nationally • DHS “Trusted Traveler” card (Global entry, issued vehicle registration, and Native American recognized Flag Day occurred NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST) Tribal photo ID. in 1916 by proclamation of • U.S. Military ID The Real ID Act of 2005 was intended to improve President Woodrow Wilson. Follow us on Twitter • Veterans Health Certification card issued the security of driver’s licenses to make it more @Team_Tinker by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs difficult for terrorists to obtain fraudulent IDs. See Symbol page 3. 2 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — June 9, 2017 Tinker Air Force Base Commentary: Courtesy photo The Evacuation of Clark Air Force Base An AGM-84 Harpoon missile being loaded on a B-52. Howard E. Halvorsen Air Force Sustainment Center Historian On June 10, 1991, Col. Jeffrey R. Grime, Boeing AGM- commander of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Clark Air Force Base, began carrying out the order to evacuate Clark Air Base, Philippines. U.S. Naval 84A/D Base Subic Bay eventually followed suit. It was worried that a harmless looking nearby volcano, Mount Pinatubo, would erupt. Indeed, the mountain ‘Harpoon’ missile had been releasing steam since the previous April. Worried they were being overcautious and that Greg L. Davis more people would be hurt in an evacuation than 72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs anything, he nevertheless followed his orders to the letter to evacuate more than 20,000 American The AGM-84A/D Air Launch Cruise Missile is personnel. an air breathing missile capable of sustaining high It had already been a trying year for everyone at subsonic flight using Global Positioning System/ Clark Air Base, the largest Air Force base outside Inertial Navigation System guidance. The missile the continental United States. In May 1990, two was originally developed for the U.S. Navy airmen were assassinated near the base by members capable of being launched from land, submarines of the New People’s Army, a communist-based and surface ships in the anti-ship role. It was later guerrilla group. As a result of this and other activity adapted for air-launch use with the Navy’s P-3 of the NPA, there were frequent restrictions to base. Orion. After being successfully integrated into In July 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the the P-3 fleet, the missile was adapted for use Richter Scale shook central Luzon. Little damage with the U.S. Air Force B-52G/H Stratofortress happened on base, but Airmen quickly rushed to in 1983. help in off-base relief operations, including pulling Tinker’s role with the AGM-84 Harpoon missile bodies from a poorly constructed school that had is the sustainment, repair and overhaul of the small J402 turbojet engine along with continuing software collapsed on 250 children. During the following Photo courtesy Tinker History Office fall, nearly 3,000 Filipino workers on the U.S. upgrades. government payroll went on strike, causing Ash plumes from the volcano, Mount Pinatubo, that When the missile was developed for Air Force forced Philippine evacuations including Clark Air B-52 units by direction of Strategic Air Command bitterness that led to further base lockdowns. This Force Base. was followed by several typhoons, though not as leaders, it was initially fielded with just two units whose operating locations coincided with the bad as a super typhoon that had smashed through – in hindsight – was, “Volcano? What volcano?” B-52Gs potential for an anti-ship role with the 42nd the base in 1989. This was the uniform view of everyone serving Bombardment Wing, Loring Air Force Base, Maine, So it was a few days after the steam plume at Clark. The idea that one of the little Zambales and the 43rd Bombardment Wing, Andersen AFB, appeared on April 2, 1991, during a regular staff Mountains that was just barely bigger than the Guam. As the G-model was retired following Desert meeting the 3rd Support Group commander, Col. other mountains could be dangerous seemed John Murphy, mentioned the threat of a volcano Storm, the Harpoon anti-ship capabilities were eruption. The vice commander’s famous response See Evacuation page 11. transferred to the B-52H of the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La., and then finally to Minot AFB, N.D. According to Boeing’s fact sheet, the Harpoon This week in Tinker history “is the world’s most successful anti-ship missile and is in service with the armed forces of more than 30 June 2, 1967 - Tinker becomes the repair facility. countries.” The missile is being continually tested specialized repair activity for AN/APR-25 June 9, 1968 - The new base theater, Bldg. and upgraded with the latest advances incorporated into AGM-84 Harpoon Block II, also known as and AN-APR-26 radar homing and warning 5711, opens. equipment. standoff land attack missile and the SLAM-expanded June 7, 1967 - More ground-communications- June 9, 1980 - The CFM56 engine item response missile. electronics-meteorological equipment comes to management responsibility is assigned to the There have been more than 7,000 AGM-84 Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area, the specialized Center. Harpoon missiles delivered during the life of the program. Manufacturer: Boeing Missile type: AGM-84A/D 2017 Key events: Nickname: Harpoon Power plant: Solid-propellant booster, Teledyne June 23: Tinker 75th Anniversary Golf Tournament J402 air-breathing turbojet engine (cruise) In-service dates: 1972-present Sept. 16: Air Force Ball Number produced: More than 7,000 Oct. 13: Capstone Event Tinker connection: management, maintenance and repair June 9, 2017 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — 3 Lawrence Kingsley, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Logis- AFSC tics and Product Support, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters, United States Air Force, center, receives an shares update on the 76th Propulsion Main- tenance Group’s Clean Line from en- gineers Richard Renfro, left, and Julie Marasco, during his visit to Tinker Air mission Force Base May 23-26.