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  • VQ-7 upsets MXS 1

    In the last week of regular season intramural hoops, the Navy’s VQ-7 topped MXS 1, 59-51.The first half showed no considerably dominant play by either squad, but the Navy picked up the pace and momentum in the last few minutes before the buzzer.The maintenance squadron had the first possession,

  • Tinker spring break deals

    Get ready for a week of spring break specials. Starting March 13, Tinker will be going wild with deals and activities for youth of all ages.The Spring Break Movie Marathon will kick off the fun. Visit the Tinker Auditorium Monday through Friday for this year’s most popular films. Start the week by

  • Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 12-18

    The 72nd Medical Group is gearing up for Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 12-18. Sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation, this week is a time to recognize our commitment to patient safety and to promote awareness among our staff, patients, and community. The theme for the week is

  • 552nd ACW Airmen serve as judges for inventor's exposition

    Capt. Jeremy, 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron, listens as a student inventor explains his idea for alternative energy during the 28th annual Oklahoma Student Inventors Exposition held at Rose State College, Feb. 28. More than 20 members of the 552nd Air Control Wing volunteered to serve as

  • 72nd Air Base Wing Civilian Mentoring Program, promoting development

    The 72nd Air Base Wing held a civilian mentor and mentee meet and greet session Feb. 24. The session culminated a year of mentoring and professional development events through the wing’s civilian mentoring program, which launched in January 2016. The program was developed as a result of feedback

  • Prescription transfers: avoiding hiccups

    Tinker Air Force Base is its own entity as it pertains to hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. Unlike other nationwide chain hospitals, clinics and pharmacies, the Department of Defense does not have a database which holds patients’ full information. In a military lifestyle when you move from base to

  • Preparations for 2017 local Wage Grade Survey underway

    The Federal Wage System was developed under the provisions of public law in 1972.  Rates of pay for employees in the FWS (WS, WD, WL, WG) are identified as prevailing rates, which means they are reflective of pay rates for similar private sector jobs in the same geographical area. Prevailing rates

  • AIR FORCE HISTORY: Mustache March from days of Olds

    The United States Air Force, despite being the youngest American military service, has a few outstanding traditions. Civilians vaguely know the tradition of Mustache March as an occasion used by some to raise money for charity. Many in our own military ranks only know Mustache March as “some damn

  • Honorary Commanders tour Tinker

    Thirteen members of the Honorary Commanders Program were given an orientation March 3 about the Air Force Sustainment Center, depot maintenance, installation and supply chain operations. From left, Ms. Debra Teufel, Mr. Joseph Brevetti, Col. Scott Diamanti, Honorable Matt Dukes, Honorable David

  • TINKER HISTORY: O-series engines

    O-series engines powered many small aircraft used by the U.S. military in a wide variety of missions. O-series is the common name for reciprocating engines featuring horizontally-opposed pistons connected to a central crankshaft.Some of the earliest and sustaining work performed at Tinker was in