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  • Base Operating Status, Feb. 21 - Remains OPEN

    The operating status for Tinker Air Force Base for Wednesday, Feb. 21 remains "OPEN". Although liberal leave HAS NOT been authorized, supervisors will consider the individual situations of their employees when making individual leave decisions. Tinker officials will continue to monitor the weather

  • Unseen threads run through historic career

    A background which includes threads of both typical and atypical events, led to the appointment of Col. Robert Marks, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Surgeon General Command Surgeon, as the first male general officer, as well as the first male chief nurse of the Air Force Medical Corps.

  • Off-base traffic signal light outage impacts base

    Due to a vehicle hitting a signal control cabinet, the off-base traffic lights are out at 29th and Air Depot and the I-40 off-ramps.  This is north of the base near the Tinker Main (BX/Commissary) Gate.   Stop signs have been placed in the area.  Recommend all motorists use extreme caution in this

  • Air Force expands virtual appointments

    The Air Force Medical Service is eliminating some of the hassle of medical appointments by expanding use of virtual, over-the-phone appointments for patients who do not need to see their provider in person.

  • Upgrades underway at the Vanwey Dining Facility

    The Vanwey Dining Facility is experiencing significant nutritional changes, at long last. More changes are coming, too, but there are numerous hoops to jump through first. New management has made strides in moving the DFAC in a healthier direction, though it’s not as easy as responding to requests

  • 44 Airmen and a Sailor graduate from Tinker Airman Leadership School

    Forty-four Airmen and one Sailor graduated from Tinker’s Airman Leadership School on Feb. 8. Graduates are: 137th Special Operations Force Support Squadron Senior Airman Caleb Lakins   138th Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Caleb Snovel   284th Air Support Operations SquadronSenior Airman Wesley

  • The ALS schoolhouse gets a new locker

    Part of nearly every junior enlisted Airman’s Air Force career involves the successful completion of the Airman Leadership School; it is a compulsory tick of the box before any Senior Airman can promote to Staff Sergeant. Over the course of five weeks, Senior Airmen study various topics pertaining