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  • 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

  • Airmen and Sailors graduate from Tinker Airman Leadership School

    Thirty-seven Airmen and two Sailors graduated from Tinker’s Airman Leadership School last week.Graduates are:137th Aeromed Evacuation SquadronSenior Airman Chelsea Cummings, Sharp Image Award Winner, Distinguished Graduate161st Intelligence SquadronSenior Airman Jared Stevens164th Civil Engineering

  • Aramark serves up calorie labeling

    Diners at Aramark restaurant and concession facilities now have easier and expanded ways to find calorie and nutrition information about the hundreds of food and beverage items for sale every day across base.  Wendi Knowles, a registered dietitian and Nutrition Program manager with Health Promotion

  • VQ-4 Change of Command

    Cdr. Robert Majoris assumed command of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Four during their change of command ceremony May 5. Strategic communications Wing ONE and Task Force 124 Commander Capt. Ed McCabe presided over the ceremony, relieving Cdr. Kenneth Russell of duty. VQ-4 is a squadron of

  • Honoring the brave during Police Week

    In commemoration of National Police Week, the 72nd Security Forces Squadron honored the fallen in a memorial service at the Tinker Chapel May 15. Paying tribute to the brave men and women in law enforcement who made the ultimate sacrifice in 2016, members of Security Forces read the 143 names of the

  • TINKER HISTORY: Boeing E-3 Sentry

    The Boeing E-3 Sentry is a special mission aircraft built around a highly-modified Boeing Model 707-320 commercial airliner. The Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, is essentially a powerful airborne search and track radar system using a rotating dome affixed 11 feet above the top of the