AFCEA Tinker AFB

FBC and the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) - Oklahoma City Chapter will be partnering once again to host this one-of-a-kind Information Technology Expo at Tinker AFB. This is the only IT Expo held at Tinker AFB each year. This annual expo allows exhibitors the opportunity to have access to information technology, communications, engineering, and contracting personnel at Tinker AFB which would otherwise not be possible. Over 400 attendees participated in the 2011 expo and we expect the same level of attendance in 2012.

About AFCEA and the AFCEA Oklahoma City Chapter:

AFCEA International is a non-profit membership association serving the military, government, industry, and academia as an ethical forum for advancing professional knowledge and relationships in the fields of communications, IT, intelligence, and global security.

The Oklahoma City Chapter has over 300 members at Tinker AFB and is recognized on a yearly basis for being a model Chapter. Its board and members consist of CIO and O-6 level professionals at Tinker AFB and this expo is used as a showcase, and yearly scholarship drive for the chapter.

About Tinker Air Force Base:

With more than 26,000 military and civilian employees, Tinker AFB is the largest single-site employer in the state of Oklahoma.

Headquartered at Tinker, the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC) is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components. It is one of three Air Force ALCs; the other two being Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) at Hill AFB, Utah, and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) at Robins AFB, Georgia.

The host unit at Tinker AFB is the 72d Air Base Wing (72 ABW) which provides services and support for the Oklahoma City ALC and its tenant organizations. Tinker is also home of the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing One (TACAMO), a Navy Air Wing which is fully integrated in the Air Force Base, employing over 1,300 active-duty sailors and 100 contractors to provide maintenance, security, operations, administration, training and logistic support for the Navy's E-6B Mercury aircraft fleet. The Mercury aircraft enables the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense to directly contact submarines, bombers and missile silos enforcing the country's national security through nuclear deterrence.