Citizen Airmen Keep RIMPAC Flying High Master Sgt

Citizen Airmen Keep RIMPAC Flying High Master Sgt

Vol. 74, No. 29 Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Friday, July 22, 2016 KC-46A ground breaking Tuesday The official KC-46A Sustainment Campus ground breaking ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday on the west side of base, near Bldg. 9001. Construction on the new campus is slated to begin in August. INSIDE Meet Tinker’s new Kennel Master Page 5 Commentary: Pokémon, Don’t Page 6 Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Grady Epperly Nature’s hazards: A KC-135 crew from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base completes an aerial refueling of a Royal Canadian Air Poisonous plants Force CF-18 Hornet July 11 in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 Page 1a aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern Cal- ifornia. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC Tinker Events 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. Calendar Page 1b Citizen Airmen keep RIMPAC flying high Master Sgt. Grady Epperly This is where Citizen Airmen from 507th The crews of the 465th ARS fly and 507th Air Refueling Wing Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force operate the KC-135R Stratotanker. The KC- Base come in to play. 135 is not only capable of conducting aerial JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR- “When it comes to the air piece of refueling; it can also carry cargo, personnel HICKAM, Hawaii — One of the few RIMPAC, we are here to ensure aircraft and equipment. For mid-air refueling it can common threads interwoven between the have the fuel they need to complete their carry more than 150,000 pounds of transfer Visit us online at twenty-six nations and more than 200 fuel. www.tinker.af.mil mission,” said U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific Jeff Milburn, detachment commander for “The sights, sounds and sheer scale of 2016 is the need for fuel; a lot of it. the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker. See RIMPAC page 2. Like us on Facebook Gott, Piazza Gates’ hours changing Aug. 1 www.facebook.com/ John Parker Medical Group clinic will p.m. Monday through Friday. security personnel. tinkerairforcebase Staff Writer change hours from 24 hours, Capt. Justin Clouser, Moving 24/7 operations to seven days a week, to 5:30 a.m. operations officer with the 72nd Piazza Gate will provide an The Gott and Piazza Gates on to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Security Forces Squadron, said increased buffer between the the southwest side of Tinker Air Friday. the change is needed to improve gate and adjacent buildings/ Force Base will switch hours Piazza Gate, east of Bldg. base security involving “gate residential neighborhoods of operation as of Aug. 1, base 9001 on the base’s south side, runner” incidents in which and give security personnel Follow us on Twitter officials have announced. will become a 24/7 gate. Its vehicle drivers enter the base increased situational awareness @Team_Tinker Gott Gate near the 72nd current hours are 5 a.m. to 5:30 without being checked by See Gate hours page 4. 2 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — July 22, 2016 There are many tools and informational items available to start your permanent change of station move. There are step-by-step guides available that will walk you through the process. These walk- throughs are available at the website, WWW. MOVE.MIL or Tinker’s secure webpage --https:// wwwmil.tinker.af.mil -- as well as on the Tinker Air Force Base Personal Property Facebook page. Want to make sure your personal items and household goods don’t get left at Tinker while you PCS? Get the processes started as soon as possible. Booking personnel are asking for a minimum of three week notice and an alternate pickup date from the time they get your paperwork. Once your HHG shipments are booked, any date changes must be done in coordination with the moving company, the Joint Personal Property Office in San Antonio and though the Tinker Personal Property Office. Air Force photos by Master Sgt. Grady Epperly What if I’m not in the Air Force? Senior Airman Travis Krause, Air Force crew chief with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, prepares to remove the boom nozzle from a KC-135R Stratotanker in order to connect a drogue The Personal Property Office assists all branches adapter and drogue, which is used in air-to-air refueling. The probe and drogue method of refueling uses a of service as well as Department of Defense trailing hose with a basket on the end. Pilots guide a probe on their aircraft into the basket to connect with civilians. The PPPO even processes and guides the hose. Air Force helicopters and all Navy and Marine Corps aircraft refuel using the hose-and-drogue for individuals who are from the Department of State. air-to-air refueling. Airman Krause and other Citizen Airmen are participating in the Rim of the Pacific exercise There are some differences as between branches 2016. as for example, all Navy personnel will need their page 2 showing they have dependents. Would you like to get paid for moving RIMPAC yourself? continued from page 1 DOD service members may elect the option to RIMPAC are unlike any military perform a Personally Procured Move (formerly Do exercise in the world,” said It Yourself, or DITY). This option allows members Major Milburn. “Outside of the to control their own move dates and ensures old-style operational readiness ready access to property upon arrival at their new exercises, RIMPAC is one of location. There are several PPM options where the few opportunities we have to members can receive an incentive payment of up deploy operations, maintainers to 95 percent of what it would cost the government and support staff simultaneously.” to move their property. RIMPAC is held from June Want to know more? 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern The Personal Property Processing Office California. It is the world’s largest (formerly TMO) is located in Bldg. 469 Rm. 1 and international maritime exercise. is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Participating 507th ARW To set up an appointment or if you have questions, personnel are working out of call 739-3059. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Want to save time? Hawaii. “Unlike the ORE, RIMPAC Use the Defense Personal Property System prior provides our Airmen the chance to to your appointment. Visit www.move.mil for work with other branches, aircraft more information and step-by-step instructions on and nations,” Major Milburn how to use DPS. Call 800-462-2176 for technical added. issues. From, May to September, it’s best to plan The 507th ARW mission just your move ahead. Pick up dates maybe be limited isn’t all about flying. The bulk during this time. of work actually happens on the ground. Lt Col. Ken Humphrey, a pilot with Tinker’s 465th Air Refueling Squad- “The various systems in ron, turns a KC-135 while on approach to Hickam Air Force Base, Ha- the aircraft are designed to be waii, in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016. very efficient, but they have been in operation for a while a military version of the civilian branches,” said Sergeant Weisel. and eventually things break or Boeing 707 passenger jet. “It’s nice to be appreciated.” malfunction,” said Staff Sgt. Kurt Weisel said he takes pride in RIMPAC provides a unique Weisel, an aircraft electrician with being part of the refueling mission training opportunity that helps 507th Maintenance Squadron. and keeping the jets in operation. participants foster and sustain “Getting to come to RIMPAC is “Being an aircraft electrician is the cooperative relationships that very interesting, because it gives a privilege, and I think the fact the me a chance to be involved in all 507th ARW keeps getting invited are critical to ensuring the safety the systems and solutions.” back to provide the Navy air boss of sea lanes and security on the The Stratotanker has been in the logistical support they need world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is use by the U.S. Air Force for more speaks to how well we integrate the 25th exercise in the series that than 50 years, and the airframe is with active duty and other began in 1971. July 22, 2016 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — 3 CURRENT TRAFFIC ADVISORIES Lane, road and parking space closures: S. Staff Drive and Entrance Road “A” extended until July 30 at 5:30 p.m. OG&E is installing a duct bank for new Sub-Station No. 6 along Staff Drive and Entrance Road “A” . Parking space closure: 226 Parking Spaces in the parking lot surrounding Bldg. 3333 extended until 5:30 p.m. Aug. 14 so OG&E can construct the new Electrical Sub-Station No. 6 in the southeast corner of the parking lot. Road and parking closure: “D” Avenue between 5th Avenue and Arnold Street until Aug. 30. The closure is needed to allow contractor to demolish islands along “D” Avenue and install diagonal parking. Two-way traffic will be maintained on the west side of “D” Avenue.

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