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  • Practice safe grilling

    A fire in the grill cooking hot dogs and burgers is a welcome sight at the family cookout. But fire anywhere else can make your summer cookout memorable for all the wrong reasons. The Tinker Fire and Emergency Services Fire Prevention office would like to keep you and your family safe while enjoying

  • F5 takes Tinker to the softball field

    The Tinker Hawks varsity basketball team has a long history of representing the base against other military teams.Now the base has a new face in another sport: softball.The Tinker F5 team has been representing the base in adult leagues and military games since last fall.Staff Sgt. and coach Emilio

  • Challenge yourself this summer, be tobacco free

    What are you waiting for? It’s Summer 2017! It’s time to get mentally, financially, and physically fit by dropping the dip and trashing the cigarettes.Are you working on your “summer body?” Tobacco use can cause poor blood circulation, fatigue, muscle weakness, decreased readiness, and poor physical

  • Community Summer Bash blasts off Saturday

    Free hot dogs, hamburgers, potluck food, games, prizes and more will be on tap tomorrow when Airmen and Sailors living in the dorms get together with families who share Tinker Air Force Base as their home.The Junior Enlisted Council and the base Housing Office are hosting the Community Summer Bash

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • 72nd Mission Support Group welcomes new commander

    Col. Mark Vitantonio took the helm of the 72nd Mission Support Group, as outgoing commander Col. Michael Green relinquished duties in a formal ceremony at the Tinker Club June 14.Presiding over the ceremony was 72nd Air Base Wing commander Col. Kenyon Bell.  Green, with a strong security forces

  • Final retreat

    Members of the 72nd Air Base Wing gathered at the Bldg. 460 flag pole June 28 for the final retreat at the historic building. The land that has housed the 72nd ABW headquarters since October 1994 will soon be the new home of a state-of-the art training center for the 552nd Air Control Wing.

  • TINKER HISTORY: CFM International CFM56 (F108) engine

    The CFM International CFM56 engine is a high-bypass, two-shaft turbofan produced by an international consortium made up of General Electric in the United States and Safran Aircraft Engines in France. The CFM56 is the world’s most widely used turbofan in commercial aviation. The CFM56 powers entire

  • 72nd Air Base Wing commander tours Force Support Squadron

    Kristie Mabie, director of Child Development Center West, second from left, briefs 72nd Air Base Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Melissa Erb, Lori Bell and 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Kenyon Bell about the day-to-day operations of her facility. Colonel Bell, along with 72nd Mission Support

  • NATO, U.S. work together in BALTOPS 2017

    BALTOPS 2017 is the 45th edition of the annual multinational, maritime-heavy exercise offering high-end training. The exercise involves 6,000 military personnel, 50 ships and submarines from allies Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the