Students are the future at Tinker Air Force Base.The general in charge said they're partnering with Rose State College to get students learning and ready to manufacture plane parts."What this does is they have provided a 3D printer that we’ll be teaching the classes on and so we’ll have the students ready to directly come to work for the base," said Jeanie Webb, the Rose State College president.Tinker Air Force Base said they need more people coming into the workforce ready for advanced manufacturing and Rose State College wants to provide that.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here."That is where this workforce is going to be relevant to produce that airpower that we need," said Brig. Gen. Brian Moore with Tinker Air Force Base.They said the new partnership doesn't mean students will go directly to Tinker but that option will be there."It’s a big deal when we are working the research piece with the university and then translating that to production," Moore said.The general believed students are the key to advancement.>> Download the KOCO 5 app"We need institutions like Rose State to help us kind of cross that Rubicon really to that next technology layer and be able to get to that manufacturing capability," Moore said.The college said they've been working with students on development, but getting the chance to take this up to the next level is what they've been looking for."There’s no time in history in my opinion that it is more important that we have people prepared and that we’re able to provide the parts and we’re able to provide the needs that Tinker has," Webb said.Top HeadlinesNo spring chicken: Mystery person in a chicken suit spotted roaming east Nashville when it snowsPolice: Man shot in southeast Oklahoma CityOHP: Teen driver fined after being caught operating license plate cover on Oklahoma turnpikeApple has an approved fix to get around the Watch ban. Customers may not like itOklahoma organization puts those experiencing homelessness into hotels during cold blast
Students are the future at Tinker Air Force Base.
The general in charge said they're partnering with Rose State College to get students learning and ready to manufacture plane parts.
"What this does is they have provided a 3D printer that we’ll be teaching the classes on and so we’ll have the students ready to directly come to work for the base," said Jeanie Webb, the Rose State College president.
Tinker Air Force Base said they need more people coming into the workforce ready for advanced manufacturing and Rose State College wants to provide that.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
"That is where this workforce is going to be relevant to produce that airpower that we need," said Brig. Gen. Brian Moore with Tinker Air Force Base.
They said the new partnership doesn't mean students will go directly to Tinker but that option will be there.
"It’s a big deal when we are working the research piece with the university and then translating that to production," Moore said.
The general believed students are the key to advancement.
"We need institutions like Rose State to help us kind of cross that Rubicon really to that next technology layer and be able to get to that manufacturing capability," Moore said.
The college said they've been working with students on development, but getting the chance to take this up to the next level is what they've been looking for.
"There’s no time in history in my opinion that it is more important that we have people prepared and that we’re able to provide the parts and we’re able to provide the needs that Tinker has," Webb said.
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