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  • Wildcatters hold Commander's Call

    Col. Kenyon Bell held his first Commander’s Call for the 72nd Air Base Wing Aug. 16 in the Tinker Auditorium. Presented as a “meet and greet,” Col. Bell applauded the wing’s successes, especially with the hard work put into Tinker’s largest attended air show in May, and encouraged all to remain

  • Joining forces: Cooperation is key in mutual aid agreement

    Several separate small patches of knee-high grass burning beside Interstate 40 traffic south of Tinker Gate earlier this month weren’t necessarily a big threat when they flared up. They were burning between two stretches of pavement – I-40 and its service road.But plenty of drivers were calling 911

  • August 1945: Bldg. 3001 briefly on the brink

    For a brief window of time in August 1945, Tinker Air Force Base’s cavernous Bldg. 3001 faced the prospect of having no future.Two days after Japan announced its surrender in World War II, the Douglas Aircraft Co. ceased all production in its 1.7 million-square-foot, red-brick behemoth built to

  • No technical edge in cyberspace, director says

    Unlike the competition for the world’s best fighter jets and other weapon systems, the United States has no technical edge when it comes to defending the nation in cyberspace, the Air Force Sustainment Center’s director of engineering said recently.“This is an area where the United States does not

  • 72nd Medical Group extends office hours

    The 72nd Medical Group will be begin offering extended hours next month to better accommodate the needs of patients who desire appointments later in the afternoon.Starting Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Family Health, Pediatrics, and Flight Medicine clinics will have appointments available until 4:30 p.m.,

  • TINKER HISTORY: Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engine profile

    Pratt & Whitney’s J57 engine is a twin-spool, axial flow turbojet engine with standard and afterburning configuration. The J57 was the first turbojet design for the company and represented a technological leap in the field of jet engine design which was well received and truly revolutionized air

  • New NG911 center opening this fall

    Tinker Air Force Base is geared up to begin Next Generation 911 service this fall in a new Emergency Communications Center that will bring state-of-the-art dispatch and incident management capabilities to emergency and security personnel.The approximately $3 million center will combine the dispatch

  • 5K run honors Shapiro, TACAMO

    Chiefs and chief selects run in formation around the TACAMO complex during the Howie Shapiro 5K run Aug. 18 at Herc Park. (Air Force photo by Kelly White)

  • Air Force Selects Airmen for the 2017 All-Air Force Golf Championship

    The Air Force has selected candidates to participate in the 2017 All-Air Force Golf Championship to be held in Millington, Tennessee from Sept. 4-9, 2017. If selected, candidates will move on to represent the Air Force at the 2017 Armed Forces Championship in Millington, Sept. 10-15, 2017.

  • 40 years of service

    Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, presents Jeffrey Allen with a Certificate of Service, recognizing his executive director for 40 years of federal service prior to his weekly staff meeting Aug. 10 in Bldg. 3001. Allen, who joined the Air Force in July 1977 at the age