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Federal Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Friday August 09, 2024 ( 5 items )  

AFROTC Cadets learn how Altus AFB stays mission ready
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Forty-three Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, throughout the summer of 2024 for immersive tours across the base. The cadets were fresh out of field training at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and came into Altus AFB with ideas of what their future Air Force career would look like. Some expressed the desire to work in weather, other  more

Air Force ROTC Cadets Learn How Altus AFB Stays Mission Ready
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Altus Air Force Base (97th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Forty-three Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, throughout the summer of 2024 for immersive tours across the base. The cadets were fresh out of field training at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and came into Altus AFB with ideas of what   more

Construction begins as Tinker AFB prepares for EV fleet transition
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate Air Quality Program Manager James Brown plugs in a Ford Lightning using a charger installed in 2018. Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma has been selected to participate in a pilot program that will transition its current fleet of GOVs from gasoline to all electric. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Clayton Cummins)   more

Construction begins as Tinker AFB prepares for EV fleet transition
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate Air Quality Program Manager James Brown plugs in a Ford Lightning using a charger installed in 2018. Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma has been selected to participate in a pilot program that will transition its current fleet of GOVs from gasoline to all electric. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Clayton Cummins)   more

Justice Dept.: Company, Executive and Employee Indicted for $100M Price-Fixing Conspiracy Involving Publicly Funded Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2024: A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging Sioux Erosion Control, Inc. (Sioux), its vice president and another employee with a price-fixing conspiracy targeting over $100 million in publicly-funded transportation construction contracts across Oklahoma. According to court documents, it is alleged that Vice President BG Dale Biscoe, Randall  more