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  • Jump-start your New Year with Civilian Health Promotion Services

    The New Year is a time of change and improvement, often with lofty goals to be more organized, improve eating habits, manage stress or finally running that marathon. No matter what your goals are for 2020, the Air Force Civilian Health Promotion Services program can give you a jump-start toward

  • Food tips and ideas to start the New Year

    Cook once, eat safely throughout the week.If your New Year’s resolution is to eat out less, preparing meals at home is a key solution. However, after a long day at work, not everyone has the time and energy to sweat over a hot stove every night. A great idea is to prepare meals over the weekend and

  • Leap into the roaring ’20s, not fires

    Happy 2020 from the Tinker Fire and Emergency Services Fire Prevention branch. We would like to start this new decade with a new fire prevention message across the base: “Leap into the Roaring ’20s, not into Roaring Fires.”We understand that accidents happen, but with the right training and

  • Knowing about the Hatch Act and elections

    With the 2020 elections heating up, it’s important to know about the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act, a federal law passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal civilian employees. The law's purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect

  • Health Promotion Month keeps base on track

     Health Promotion month in January provides a great reminder of the different resources available on base to keep members of Team Tinker healthy and on track to reach their New Year’s resolutions.Health Promotion Manager Laura Crowder, Exercise Physiologist Traci Fuhrman and Nutrition Program

  • SkillBridge Program offers transition into civilian life

    Transitioning back into civilian life can be tough for military members, but the Department of Defense SkillBridge Program is trying to make finding a career after separation a little easier.SkillBridge is a DoD program connecting military members who are 180 days away from service separation with

  • AFMC beta-testing diagnostic fitness assessments

    The Air Force Materiel Command will offer diagnostic fitness assessments to Airmen starting Jan. 20. As the Air Force continues to review the overall current fitness assessment guidance for Airmen, the AFMC has elected to implement diagnostic testing as a potential part of the policy change.

  • AFMC command team to host virtual town hall

    The Air Force Materiel Command commander, Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., along with AFMC command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, will host a command-wide virtual town hall Feb. 3, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. ET. The town hall will stream live on the AFMC Facebook page with opportunities for participants

  • Tinker expands service access to more veterans

     Veterans previously unable to access Tinker Air Force Base and other U.S. military installations now have expanded access to the commissary, Military Service Exchange and other services under a new Department of Defense policy.The new policy began Jan. 1 and applies to veterans with

  • TINKER AIR SHOW EARNS MAJOR AWARD

    Tinker Air Force Base was awarded the Dick Schram Memorial Community Relations Award by the International Council of Air Shows in Las Vegas, Nevada December 16, 2019 for the Star Spangled Salute Air and Space Show. The Dick Schram Memorial Community Relations Award is presented each year to the