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  • Unverfehrt earns 72nd Air Base Wing Wildcatter award

    Capt. Gavin Unverfehrt, Airfield Operations flight commander with 72nd Operations Support Squadron, was recently honored with a Wildcatter award from 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Paul Filcek. Unverfehrt is responsible for the safe and efficient execution of Air Traffic Control, Airfield

  • D’Angelo talks good leadership at Meet the Hero Night

     The importance of good leadership was the heart of 448th Supply Chain Management Wing Director Dennis D’Angelo’s speech during Home Away From Home’s Meet the Hero series at the Midwest City Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 29.“We’re all leaders in this together and I think that spans over everyone

  • Retired Tech Sgt. honored for lifetime of giving back

    The spirit of giving back is something that stuck with retired Technical Sgt. JD Miller early in his military career.Miller enlisted in the Air Force in 1954 with his first overseas assignment as a radio operator taking he and his wife, Clara, overseas.  “When I was 22 years old in England, a family

  • 38th CEIG hosts airspace security drone demonstration

     A small drone is flying over a military installation, when suddenly, like a bird of prey, an X-3 Drone Hunter swoops down and shoots a net at the drone, ensnaring it in the webbing and carries it back to the controller on the ground.  Sound like a scene out of the latest spy thriller movie? No. It

  • Air Force marks 72 years since official creation

      On Sept. 18, the United States Air Force will become 72 years old. Yet while this anniversary represents more than seven decades of the Air Force operating as a single organized entity, its history as one of the premier air powers in the world began at the turn of the twentieth century.President

  • Connections, resources spotlighted for suicide prevention

      Tinker Air Force Base’s Community Action Team has been increasing its efforts  to connect Airmen with resources as part of a coordinated movement to support the Air Force’s goal of supporting Airmen during Suicide Prevention Month in the face of rising suicide rates.More than simply addressing the

  • Tinker leaders hold community engagement focusing on suicide awareness

    Tinker Air Force Base leaders recently sat down with local community members and health officials Sept. 4 at the Midwest City Chamber of Commerce to discuss suicide and share ideas to prevent it.Col. Paul Filcek, 72nd Air Base Wing and Tinker installation commander, said the community event was the

  • Team Tinker provides refuge for aircraft evacuating Hurricane Dorian

    When Hurricane Dorian appeared on radar to hit Georgia and the Carolinas this week, nearly a quarter of a million residents evacuated the coast and they’re not the only ones who took security measures ahead of the category two storm’s arrival. The 4th Fighter Wing from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

  • The Reason for Remembrance

    Very soon, our country will observe Patriot Day, our annual memorial of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that changed our nation.Why do we commemorate anniversaries of the days that change our lives? As a force, we pride ourselves on being forward-thinking and future-focused, so why look back

  • Annual 9/11, POW-MIA memorial gains 24-hour vigil

    The 6th Annual 9/11 POW-MIA Memorial 5K/2K Run/Ruck/Walk will be held from 6:15-8:30 a.m. Sept. 13 at the Tinker Air Force Base softball field, this year with the addition of a 24-hour POW-MIA Vigil Run/Walk from 6 a.m. Sept. 12 to 6 a.m. Sept. 13 at the Tinker AFB track.More than 2,000 people are