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  • TINKER HISTORY: General Electric J47 turbojet engine profile

    The General Electric J47 engine is an axial flow turbojet engine with afterburning configuration or provision for water-injection, when required. The J47 is an improved version of GE’s successful J35 engine. According to an Air Force fact sheet, more than 30,000 engines of the basic J47 type were

  • Senator compares Legislature with military

    State Sen. Stephanie Bice recently told members of the Federally Employed Women’s Tinker chapter that the Oklahoma Legislature and the U.S. military have something in common.“There’s not exactly a huge female representation,” she said.The third-year legislator was the keynote speaker Aug. 24 at the

  • OC-ALC commander calls for lower costs from defense industry

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex commander recently asked defense industry representatives to help lower costs so that more money will be available to improve the readiness of nation’s combat air power.Brig. Gen. Tom D. Miller spoke Aug. 23 at the 12th annual Tinker and the Primes Conference

  • State, military leaders highlight role of innovative partnerships

    Gov. Mary Fallin and Tinker Air Force Base leaders stressed the importance partnerships with prime contractors have in the aerospace and aviation industry at the 12th annual Tinker and the Primes event, held Aug. 22-24 at the Reed Conference Center. Topics ranged from maintenance, repair and

  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • Living on-base or off, Air Force highly recommends renters insurance

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airmen and their families leasing or renting housing on or off the installation need to be aware of the importance of renters insurance.Unforeseen fires, floods, theft or accidents can occur in anyone’s residence and Airmen need to understand

  • Swingers sink Davy Jones for championship

    The perennially powerful Swingers bowed out of intramural softball for good Aug. 17 with a perfect “10” performance – their 10th base championship. The Swingers fought back out of the losers bracket, beating Davy Jones twice, to emerge as the 2017 Intramural Softball League champions. Longtime coach

  • Vietnam vet remains young at heart

    He’s 80 years old this year, but retired Lt. Col. William Melton has an ambiance about him that would have an innocent bystander believing he was in his twenties. The 37-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps originally hails from Marysville, California, but has called Oklahoma – and Tinker

  • Aircraft painter saves life thanks to CPR training

    Resuscitating an individual can be a pressure-filled situation – no pun intended. Like most people who earn CPR certification, Tinker veteran Harold Isenhower hoped a situation would never present itself where the training and skills he learned were necessary.An aircraft painter with the 566th

  • 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