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  • Mixed Nuts win, advance to title match

    The Mixed Nuts squad took down a scrappy Cogito Ergo Boom team Oct. 6 before moving on to the championship match later that evening. Although the Cogito Ergo Boom team showed its brawn, the Mixed Nuts won in two matches: 24-21 and 25-15. Cogito Ergo Boom ("we think therefore we spike") made their

  • Tinker United Soccer Club playing in Defender’s Cup

    The Tinker United Soccer Club is looking to improve on its 3-1 start as the team is travelling to south Texas this weekend for the Air Force-wide Defender's Cup. Coming off a loss last week in the team's regular league play, the Tinker club will meet stiff competition at Lackland Air Force Base,

  • Boxers win Best Team Award

    If Saturday's performance was an indicator of things to come, then the Tinker All Services Boxing Team is destined for good things. The 12-member team had seven fighters enter the ring Oct. 3 in the USA Boxing Okemah Everlasting Boxing Tournament, and they came away with four victors and a best team

  • ORI 28 days away

    The upcoming joint operational readiness inspection is less than a month away. The last-scheduled formal exercise to help units prepare for the assessment is Oct. 5 through 9. Named War Wagon 10-01, officials said the exercise is designed for Tinker's Air Force Materiel Command units, the 552nd Air

  • 30 years of CAN-AM partnership celebrated

    It was a festive occasion Sept. 23, as two neighboring countries celebrated an important milestone in their relationship during the 30th Anniversary Canadian-American Partnership Proclamation Ceremony. This year marks three decades of Canadian co-manning in the 552nd Air Control Wing. "Every day at

  • Tinker celebrates during Air Force Ball

    Speed and efficiency will remain important aspects of work done by the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center regardless of changes to the Air Force's future equipment and missions, said retired Air Force Gen. Paul Hester. Speaking at Tinker's Air Force Ball Sept. 25, General Hester said the ALC will

  • MDG urges flu shots

    The 72nd Medical Group is urging all active duty personnel to obtain their seasonal flu vaccinations as soon as possible. Maj. Juan Ramirez, Public Health Flight commander, says it is important for all active duty personnel to receive their seasonal flu injections now before the H1N1 vaccines begin

  • Changing the guard

    Department of the Air Force Police Officers are now on duty at Tinker in a move to integrate with and supplement members of the 72nd Security Forces Squadron. "They will be responding to incidents right along with us," explains Master Sgt. Merle Norman, operations superintendent for the 72nd