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  • Nature’s hazards: Bees, wasps, and hornets

    Bees, wasps, and hornets are the deadliest non-human animals in America. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bee, wasp, and hornet stings cause an average of 58 deaths yearly, and the best way to avoid being stung is prevention. These insects sting primarily to defend

  • Security Forces slides by Supply Chain in playoffs

    The 72nd Security Forces Squadron narrowly took out the 423rd Supply Chain Management Squadron, 6-3, in their quarterfinals faceoff May 16.With the first possession of the game, SCMS managed to make it 10 yards downfield before being forced to punt. SFS quarterback Eric Huston had back-to-back

  • Jessica Cox: ‘Thinking outside the shoe’

    Combing your hair, washing your face, getting dressed or even keeping your balance. Surfing, obtaining a black belt in tae kwon do and scuba diving. All are things we utilize, even “require,” two arms and two hands for. To an ordinary individual, that’s the norm, that’s what we know.For Jessica Cox,

  • SMXG hiring event spurs 47 job offers

    The Engineering Directorate’s recent one-day hiring event resulted in 47 job offers for engineers to join the approximately 1,000 employees of the 76th Software Maintenance Group. Justin Thomas, supervisor of the 76th SMXG organizational development section, said that as of last week, 21 candidates

  • Johnson honors EMXG for saving broken KC-135

    Brig. Gen. Mark Johnson recently honored a special 12-member team of civilian and military maintenance and repair experts that deployed to a Middle East air base to rescue a stranded and critically unsafe aerial refueling tanker. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander visited the shop

  • Hometown Hero takes flight with Thunderbirds

    The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, more commonly known as the Thunderbirds, headlined the Star Spangled Salute Air Show May 20-21. Part of their tour at Tinker included two media flights with Sarah Klein, Miss Oklahoma 2016, and Midwest City Police Maj. David Huff.Hometown Hero

  • Money really matters at Tinker Youth Center

    Lots of parents wish schools would teach their kids money basics: how to spend it wisely, budgeting, the difference between a want and a need.While not technically a school, the Tinker Youth Center got an award for doing just that.The Oklahoma Boys & Girls Club Area Council gave the center a 2017

  • Canadians reclaim cup in 5-1 romp

    The Canadian Flyers launched an offensive blitz in the last period to deliver a lopsided rout of the Americans last Friday. With the 5-1 win, the 552nd Air Control Wing Canadian Detachment earned custody of the CAN/US Cup and full bragging rights for the next year at their new headquarters in Bldg.

  • U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds highlight 2017 Star Spangled Salute

    Four Thunderbird F-16s accelerate down the runway with the Tinker Air Force Base signage on building 3001 visible above them to begin their display during Tinker Air Force Base's Star Spangled Salute air show May 21, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The Thunderbirds performed to record crowds

  • Airmen stop woman from jumping off bridge

    What started as an ordinary day for three Tinker airmen, soon turned into anything but ordinary. Their quick reaction and application of the Air Force’s Wingman concept saved a life May 10.  Captain Justin Phelps and 1st Lt. Camden Rogers of the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, 552nd Air Control