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  • Photos: Delayed Enlistment Program attendees experience AF career fields

    Military Working Dog Syrius attacks Senior Amn. Caleb Brown during a six-phase aggression demonstration for 15 Air Force recruits in the Delayed Enlistment Program Apr. 8. The 349th Recruiting Squadron worked with the 72nd Security Forces Squadron to highlight different aspects of the Security

  • 552nd ACW hosts first Spark Tank competition

    In the hopes of obtaining funds for innovative ideas, nine representatives made their pitch to 552nd Air Control Wing leadership on April 15 at the Tinker Event Center during the 552nd ACW Spark Tank event.Spark Tank, a play off the hit television show, Shark Tank, gave members of the 552nd ACW

  • Tinker tests preparedness

    The Inspector General’s office conducted multiple exercises last week to ensure Tinker’s preparedness for the worst case scenario.This included an active shooter tabletop exercise, which is required twice a year by Air Force Instruction, a Major Accident (aircraft crash/mass casualty event) and

  • Tinker campaign presses forward with true grit

    Although springtime brings warmer weather and sunnier skies, it can be a tough time for some at Tinker Air Force Base.Returning from holiday visits with family and friends plus the financial issues that can result from the holiday season can leave personnel feeling less than their best and 72nd Air

  • AFMC-wide virtual hiring fair attracts new talent

    The Air Force Materiel Command hosted its first Virtual Hiring Event April 10 to fill more than 400 immediate vacancies across the enterprise footprint. Approximately 30 job offers were made during the event with hiring managers also identifying 60 additional members for subsequent interviews. An

  • Tinker’s own recall Oklahoma City Bombing

    At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a truck bomb exploded outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, blowing off the entire north face of the building, killing 168 people and injuring another 650.Among the loss of life were two of Tinker’s own, Airman 1st Class Cartney Jean

  • Tinker Golf Course offers more than just golf

    Tinker Golf Course is more than just a golf course, says 72nd Force Support Squadron Tinker Golf Course manager Jim Broughton.With Tinker Club closing its restaurant March 1, the almost 60-year-old course will inherit the club’s food services workers to staff Mulligans Grill. “We are looking to

  • OKC leaders’ vision of airfield thrives

    Tinker Air Force Base has played a huge role in the defense of the nation since the 1940s.It all started in October 1940 with 960 acres of land and a group of Oklahoma City visionaries who wanted to move their city out of the Dust Bowl days and give people a hope for the future.Nine months after the