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  • Maintenance Group Airmen work to ensure mission success

    When the E-3 Sentry conducts its missions at home and around the world, every Airman in the 552nd Air Control Wing has their own part in guaranteeing the mission's success.   Many maintainers in the 552nd Maintenance Group have a motto: "Without maintenance, flyers are just pedestrians with cool

  • Changes coming for ‘chem refresher’ training

    When many Airmen hear the phrase, "You're scheduled for chem training," they know it's time to pull their gas mask out of their car trunk, closet or supply section and get ready for a long day of lecture, sweat and flying charcoal.    It means at least five to six hours in a classroom watching

  • Pedestrians, drivers must work together for safety

    The first reported pedestrian fatality occurred in the United Kingdom in 1896.    Katherine Driscol died as a result of being struck by a vehicle while at the Crystal Palace. The maximum speed of the vehicle that struck her was only 4 mph at the time of impact.    More recently at Tinker, there has

  • Unit Spotlight on Equal Employment Opportunity Office

    When you step into the Tinker Civilian Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints Office, it hard to tell they deal with workplace disputes.    You are greeted by bright colors, inspiring art work, a mild fragrant mist, soft music and of course, a smiling and friendly administrative assistant.    "We

  • Family, Teen Talent Contest coming up

    Does your family like to perform on stage?   The Tinker Youth Center is looking for talented dads, moms, brothers and sisters to perform in the 2007 Family and Teen Talent Contest at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 the base theater.   Entertainers can sign up for the contest before the Sept. 15 deadline at the

  • Local auditions for Tops In Blue set for Sept. 22

    The 72nd Services Division is coordinating local auditions for this year's Tops In Blue competition.   To help applicants prepare their entertainer audition tape and polish their act, a base-level talent contest and taping will be held with the Family and Teen Talent Contest at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 in

  • America’s Team sweeps doubleheader against 552nd MXS

    The first place America's Team swept a co-ed vollebyball doubleheader against the squad from the 552nd Maintenance Squadron on Aug 29 at the Gerrity Fitness Center.   "We were motivated and poised for victory because of our teamwork and cohesiveness. We model our team based on Esprit De Corps,

  • Prison term levied for bomb threat

    An Oklahoma City man who phoned in a bomb threat to Tinker Air Force Base in December was sentenced Aug. 30 to four years in prison, federal prosecutors announced.    United States District Judge Joe Heaton also ordered Neil Jason Wilfong, 35, to pay $475,631 in restitution, which was primarily the

  • Lt. Col. Larson takes command of DDOO

    In a ceremony held Aug. 14, United States Air Force Lt. Col. Kelly J. Larson assumed command of the Defense Distribution Depot Oklahoma City, Okla.   Brig. Gen. Lynn A. Collyar, Defense Distribution Center commander, presided over the ceremony.   Guests at the ceremony included key customers from

  • Construction projects peak curiosity

    Two Tinker construction sites have likely triggered curiosity and questions in the past few months. The Tinker Golf Course and Air Depot Boulevard intersection at Arnold Avenue, and Tinker's north fence along Southeast 29th Street are main areas of attraction as outside agencies install pipelines.