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  • Tracking the Tinker Texas horned lizards

    JT Parrish, an IT specialist, and Ellen Willse, an aquarist, both with the Oklahoma City Zoo, hunt for Texas horned lizards at Tinker Air Force Base. The Tinker Natural Resources team has long tracked the lizard population on base and has teamed with the zoo, which provides lab space and a place to

  • Tinker financial classes are right on the money

    Let’s says it’s been a while since you’ve paid more than the minimum amount due on your credit card. (Or worse, cards.)With your credit limits nearly maxing out, you’ve been thinking about applying for new cards.Or you feel stressed whenever you reach for plastic again to pay for routine expenses

  • Assisting Tinker parents with education matters

    Active duty Airmen who are also parents at Tinker Air Force Base share a responsibility that the Air Force takes as seriously as they do: ensuring the best education possible for their combined total of approximately 2,000 children who attend area K-12 schools.That number doesn’t include the

  • WINK helps kids in military moves

    If you’re a military family moving to Tinker Air Force Base or saying goodbye for a new adventure elsewhere, it’s a good idea to think about WINK for your kids. The Tinker Youth Center’s Welcoming In New Kids program helps to ease the transition for children 6 to 18 years old by pairing them with a

  • Celebrating ABM grqduates

    From left, Lt. Col Heather Fleishauer, Commander 752nd Operations Support Squadron, 2nd Lt. Joseph Alcorn, 116th Air Control Squadron, Portland, Ore., Capt. Michael Brode and Capt. Ryan Murphy, enroute to 726th ACS, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, Capt. Cecilia Nguyen, 607th ACS, Luke AFB, Ariz., Capt.

  • Col. Weiss takes command of the 552nd ACW

    Col. David Gaedecke relinquished command of the 552nd Air Control Wing to Col. Geoffrey Weiss in a change of command ceremony held in Hangar 230, June 30. Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, Commander, Twelfth Air Force and Commander Air Forces Southern, was the presiding officer. General Kelly had high praise for

  • AIR FORCE HISTORY: Enlisted MOH recipient: “Woody” Vosler

    Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series on the Medal of Honor recipient.Forrest Lee “Woody” Vosler was just 18 years old working as a drill press operator for the Rochester Products Division of General Motors on the day that lives in infamy. Over the next few months, older friends were

  • TINKER HISTORY: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

    The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is the most significant fighter aircraft of the 20th Century. First flown on May 27, 1958, the Phantom II entered service with the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. The Air Force’s initial version was the F-4C which first flew in 1963. For the most part, this

  • 12th AF Command Chief Master Sgt. visits the 552nd ACW

    Chief Master Sgt. Alex del Valle, Twelfth Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt., visited Tinker last week to attend the 552nd Air Control Wing change of command ceremony. The Chief took the opportunity to visit with Noncommissioned and Senior Noncommissioned Officers of the Wing. In addition, he took