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  • Tinker in 'Top 10' Air Force facility energy accomplishments of 2012

    The fiscal 2012 Annual Energy Management Report is making its way to Congress and lawmakers will likely be impressed by Air Force facility energy accomplishments. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center submitted the report to the Office of the Civil Engineer in November. It has since been sent to the

  • Reservist named 'Athlete of Year'Mike W. Ray

    Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Allen of the 513th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has been named the Tinker Air Force Base "Athlete of the Year" for 2012.The honoree was chosen for his "long-time participation in Armed Forces Rugby, working as the strength and conditioning coach for the University of

  • Chewing up ‘Space Invaders’

    Cedar trees spring up quickly in unmowed areas of Tinker, becoming a fire hazard and negatively impacting the ecological balance by choking out native grasslands and the species that live there, according to John Krupovage, 72nd Civil Engineering Directorate natural resources manager. In Glenwood

  • Extensive energy improvements envisioned

    Major renovations are envisioned at Tinker under the public/private Energy Savings Performance Contract that was celebrated Tuesday.According to Mark McWhirter, Tinker's new Base Energy Manager, Bldg. 5802, the Central Heating Plant, will be mothballed; Bldg. 208 and Bldg. 2212, a booster plant that

  • Tinker to undergo energy retrofit

    The largest domestic energy retrofit project in the U.S. Air Force will be launched soon at Tinker Air Force Base through a public-private partnership.The project will remove 56 buildings from the base's steam grid and thereby reduce water consumption by almost 20 million gallons annually, will trim

  • Duo brings new ‘energy’ to Tinker team

    Tinker's Energy Team recently welcomed two fresh faces -- Mark McWhirter and Gary Krivokapich.Base energy manager, Mr. McWhirter comes to Tinker from the University of Oklahoma where he was a mechanical engineer. Mr. Krivokapich, utilities engineer/manager, arrived at Tinker from Holloman Air Force

  • Base achieves environmental milestone

    Tinker's Bldg. 9001 is the first facility in the U.S. Air Force to receive a Brownfields certificate on a former industrial site.The environmental milestone was celebrated Oct. 16 in a ceremony held inside the building, which previously housed a General Motors automobile manufacturing plant. The

  • TACAMO Navy Ball celebrates service’s 237th birthday

    Strategic Communications Wing ONE at Tinker Air Force Base celebrated the Navy's 237th birthday recently, along with the bicentennial of the War of 1812, which was "the genesis" of the U.S. Navy.The Continental Congress established the Continental Navy on Oct. 13, 1775, by authorizing the

  • Airmen learn dangers, expense of drunk driving

    A driving under the influence offense in Oklahoma will cost a first-time offender an average of $10,000 to $14,000. Sgt. Jason Yingling, of the Oklahoma County Highway Safety Office, asked Airmen from the 34th Combat Communications Squadron Sept. 28 if they could afford that expense.He briefed the

  • Tinker Airman part of ‘blended’ security forces protecting Afghan base

     The population of Bagram Airfield represents a true "melting pot" of the ongoing international effort to support stability in Afghanistan. Servicemembers from America's four major military branches, military members from several NATO member nations, civilians, and even Afghans, all work together