The Oklahoma Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., has started work on its first service life extension program F110 engine. It’s a $600 million effort that will make F-16 engines “more reliable and easier to maintain,” Col. Henry Gaudreau, commander of the ALC’s 448th Hawk Propulsion Sustainment Group, tells the Tinker Take Off. SLEP program manager Dana Grilley says the F110 engines that power the F-16 are showing wear and life design issues after more than 20 years of service. The SLEP will replace core engine parts with ones that are more durable and safer for the single-engine aircraft. The plan, adds Gilley, is “not just a piece by piece fix, but a whole engine fix.”
Airman Charged in M18 Shooting Death Found Dead
Oct. 27, 2025
The Airman arrested in connection with the M18 pistol discharge that killed a fellow member of Air Force security forces on July 20 in Wyoming was found dead earlier this month, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed.
