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  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Danny Bumb

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Danny BumbDanny Bumb is currently serving as the 72nd Air Base Wing Plans and Programs Office’s Crisis Action Team manager during the COVID-19 crisis. Currently, the office is working on Tinker’s 30/60/90-day window and figuring out how to get the installation back on track when

  • Tinker recalls the OKC bombing 25 years later

    At 9:02 a.m. April 19, 1995, domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols detonated a truck bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 and wounding more than 600. Included among those killed in the attack were two of Tinker’s own, Airman 1st

  • DOD's Top Leaders Conduct Town Hall Meeting on COVID-19

    The Defense Department has provided medical equipment to federal agencies in need, and DOD's top-tier research scientists and medical professionals are working with the private sector to develop a vaccine, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said in a live-streamed town hall meeting from the

  • Daily Update: 10 April 2020

    For 10 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The latest COVID-19 confirmed case was a member of 76 PMXG in building 3703 who has been away from work since 20 March and developed symptoms while away.  Public Health officials are actively tracing all recent

  • Commissary and Exchange regulations to help prevent COVID-19

    Effectively immediately, the Tinker Air Force Base Commissary and Exchange will now be requiring all customers to wear face coverings before entering in an effort to keep members of Team Tinker healthy in the face of COVID-19.The Defense Commissary Agency has mandated that Commissaries and Exchanges

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Danny Marler

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Danny MarlerDanny Marler is a civilian police officer assigned to the 72nd Security Forces Squadron. He is from Choctaw, Oklahoma, and enjoys fishing and golfing in his free time. His main duties include securing the base, perimeter and aircraft on the installation. During

  • Daily Update: 9 April 2020

    For 9 April, Tinker AFB remains in HPCON Charlie due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest COVID-19 confirmed cases include a Reservist who has not been on installation since 1 March, and a member of 76 CMXG in building 9001 who entered quarantine on 31 March. Public Health officials are actively

  • Air Force implements options for Exceptional Family Members during pandemic

    The Air Force is providing additional support to Airmen with exceptional family members during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Exceptional Family Member Program instituted new support to minimize the impact caused by department COVID-19 policies, including the Stop Movement order and social distancing

  • AFSC Spotlight: Meet Chris Johnson

    AFSC Spotlight: Meet Chris JohnsonChris Johnson has been a junior cook at the Vanwey Dining Facility for 11 years. Some of his favorite things to make are egg sandwiches, burgers and omelets. In his time off, he likes hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Johnson likes working at the Vanwey

  • Chapel maintains spiritual support while social distancing

    The Tinker Chapel is taking measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, while still providing the Tinker Air Force Base community with spiritual services and other support resources.In compliance with the installation’s enforcement of Health Protection Condition Level Charlie