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  • Be firewise: Base officials offer tips to prevent wildfires

    An outbreak of recent wildfire events has Tinker and local communities taking an early look at necessary precautions to prevent fires. Tinker Fire and Emergency Services recently aided the Oklahoma City Fire Department and extinguished suspicious fires in the woods southwest of Tinker's Area D, near

  • Tinker, community come together at annual Dining Out

    The Tinker Club was decked out in elegance as service members and the local community celebrated the 41st annual Tinker and Community Dining Out March 1.The dining out, sponsored by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, served as a chance to enhance the relationship between Tinker and the

  • Defense Logistics Agency energy improvements under way

    A multimillion-dollar project to install energy-efficient equipment in several Defense Logistics Agency buildings at Tinker AFB is well under way.Project blueprints indicate the project will feature replacement of steam heating systems with natural-gas heating systems (infrared heaters and

  • SCW-1 Sailors in contention for Pacific Fleet sailor of year

    Two Sailors from Strategic Communications Wing ONE at Tinker AFB are finalists for the prestigious Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2013 Sailors of the Year awards.The contenders are Naval Aircrewman Mechanical 1st Class (Naval Aircrew/Aviation Warfare) Matthew P. Meadows of Fleet Air

  • Energy Team achieves AoP goals

    The Tinker Energy Team was the only group that achieved its Art of the Possible goal among the organizations that reported AoP metrics in Fiscal Year 2013, announced Col. Stephen Wood, vice commander of the 72nd Air Base Wing.The Energy Team shaved the base's electricity bills by $2.6 million this

  • 11 set to retire from Engine Test Flight

    On Nov. 30, 11 people will walk out the door of Bldg. 3234 for the final time. Those retiring are Randall Brock, Hugh Crow, Freddie Danker, Lloyd Fincher Jr., Mike Fullbright, Alan Houk, Roy Kniffin, Debbie Phillips, Robbie Robinson, Robert Robinson and Mark Smith. Although they all have different

  • Base making progress in decentralization project

    Tinker's steam decentralization project, said to be the Air Force's largest domestic energy retrofit project, replaces outdated central steam plants with new heat-generating, energy-efficient equipment supplied by individualized gas lines that will run to each building. Tinker has four central

  • New 848th SCMG/CC says team is ‘amazing’

    In his 21-year career, Col. Rod Bloker said he's seen the gamut of Air Force and air bases. He's supported a variety of missions, but never seen anything quite like Tinker. Since arriving in mid-July, the 848th Supply Chain Management Group commander said he is in awe. Two other recurring adjectives

  • 9/11 Vigil: standing strong

    The events of Sept. 11, 2001, bring back memories for most, if not all, Americans. But the senseless terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York City, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania that claimed more than 3,000 lives also sent shock waves around the world.At Tinker Air Force Base, Airmen

  • New 552nd ACW vice commander impressed

    Col. Brian Humphrey has been at Tinker and the 552nd Air Control Wing just a short time, but said he is already impressed by what he has seen. Over the course of his tenure, the wing vice commander said he aims to help America's Wing continue providing world-class command and control to combatant