Town Hall Meeting for Base Housing Residents

                 Tinker Air Force Base and Balfour Beatty Communities hosted a community town hall meeting here on Oct. 3 to give base residents a chance to talk about privatized housing issues and have their concerns addressed.                Residents were invited to the Tinker Club for a group

Photo: OC-ALC Commander Hill welcomes the 483rd Bombardment Group

Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Commander Brig. Gen. Chris Hill visited with nine World War II veterans and their family members Sept. 28 before they toured Bldg. 3001 on Tinker AFB. The 483rd Bombardment Group was the last B-17 Flying Fortress unit trained in the United States, and their tour

Photo: Supporting the CFC

Tinker AFB Weather Flight and NWC planning new partnership

 Members of the Tinker Air Force Base 72nd Operations Support Squadron, Weather Flight is further developing the relationship between Tinker AFB, the National Weather Center and the University of Oklahoma, starting with a conference held Sept. 10 at the NWC in Norman, Oklahoma.Researchers from the

Photo: AFMC Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Schaefer visits Tinker

Tinker recognizes National Physician Assistants Week

 National Physician Assistants Week wraps up Oct. 12 at Tinker Air Force Base with fliers placed in the Medical Group clinic this week recognizing the profession and its overall contributions to the nation’s health.72nd Medical Operations Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Randall Stevens, a practicing PA

‘Art of the Possible’ enables Team Tinker to surpass two annual milestones

 The 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Team Tinker recently achieved its yearly production goals for a second year in a row on the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the B-52 Bomber at Tinker Air Force Base.The recent Art of the Possible milestone surpassed by Team Tinker involved the MRO on

AFMC civilian hiring pilot program targets efficiency, timeliness

A two-year pilot program to test strategies to improve the Air Force civilian hiring process will begin Oct. 28. The ultimate goal is to improve civilian hiring timeliness and throughput across the Air Force by providing the Air Force Materiel Command wider opportunities to implement agile and

Hit me with your best 2018-19 flu shot

 Humming “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” the infectious 1980s song by Pat Benatar, might be a good reminder for you to get this year’s flu shot and help Team Tinker stay healthy.The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses and can cause mild to severe illness. 72nd Medical

Tinker natural resources supports monarch population

 When Carrie Oehlerich, the lead office assistant for Aramark, a food service at Tinker Air Force Base, found a caterpillar in her garden four years ago, she took to the internet, just to make sure it was not one to be concerned about.She soon found that it was harmless — just a monarch butterfly