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  • Reserve defenders keep watch

    A group of Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron here deployed March 31 to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to support the Afghan Air Force in their fight against insurgents in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.

  • TINKER HISTORY: Stinson L-5

    The Stinson L-5 “Sentinel” was a high-wing, single-engine liaison aircraft with a tricycle landing gear configuration.The L-5 was an improved version of Stinson’s commercial Model 105 Voyager and earned the nickname “Flying Jeep” due to its versatility and ruggedness.The Stinson L-5 competed against

  • Tinker Honorary Commanders take flight with 507th ARW

    Debra Toufel, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business director of public private partnerships, and member of the Tinker Air Force Base Honorary Commander's 2017 Class takes a photo through the fuselage window of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a local training flight April 6, 2017, from

  • Tinker, community gather for 44th annual Dining Out

    Tinker Air Force Base and community leaders gathered together April 7 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel to celebrate the 44th annual Dining Out, an event also commemorating the installation’s diamond anniversary. The time-honored tradition seeks to further enhance the relationship between the community

  • Ninety-seven graduate from Employee Enhancement Program

    Ninety-seven individuals graduated from Tinker’s Employee Enhancement Program in a March 23 ceremony at the Tinker Club. The graduation marks a significant personal and professional development over the last 12 months, augmenting leadership roles as supervisors.Through the demonstration of

  • Lt. Gen. Levy speaks to ‘hall of heroes’

    Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II addressed Korean War veterans at a Norman Veterans Center honor ceremony March 30, calling them heroes for their service in the three-year conflict.The ceremony began with young uniformed service members escorting each of the 106 veterans and assembling them into rows in a

  • 960th AACS commander completes historic training

    Lt. Col. Kristen Thompson, commander of the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, recently made history when she became the first command and control intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and E-3 AWACS pilot to complete the Joint Warfare Plans course and be certified as a mission commander.

  • Champs still have golden touch

    Defending champs Reserve Gold protected their unblemished record this season with a 22-6 conquest over undefeated 72nd Security Forces Squadron in the Spring Flag Football League.Reserve Gold made the most of their first possession from the 20 yard line. An 80-yard drive April 4 got big boosts from

  • Money-saving restoration leans toward the wild side

    Tinker’s ongoing native habitat restoration program recently got a boost with the planting of 1,200 wildflowers on the base’s west side. Natural Resources Manager John Krupovage said the new additions are the second phase of restoration work in flood-prone empty fields where old base housing had

  • Art of the Possible

    The 567th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed a B-1 Integrated Battle Station modification on aircraft 85-0083 in 170 days, the lowest time yet safely meeting the Art of the Possible production goal. “The significance of 85-0083 cannot be under emphasized,” said Rodney Shepard, Weapon Systems