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  • Med Group nicks Navy 39-38

    Med Group rallied in the last half of the second period Feb. 9 to overcome a long-held Navy lead and slip by with a 39-38 buzzer victory.Three-pointers from Strategic Communications Wing ONE’s Kione Morgan and Shane Sapaugh helped propel Navy to a 9-1 lead out of the gate. 72nd Med Group soon

  • Safety is key to successful Tinker marathon

    Safety on the roadways is important every day, but will be even moreso on Feb. 25.That’s the day of the Team Tinker Half Marathon, a race that will take place on the open roads of Tinker Air Force Base. From 8 a.m. to noon, runners will be traversing high traffic areas stretching from Bldg. 3001 to

  • F-22 depot activation project

    The 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group’s F-22 Aircraft Mounted Nozzle Sidewall back shop team, partnered with Boeing, recently completed the last phase of a depot activation project in support of the F-22 Raptor aircraft by stud welding of the AMNS liner. Four previous phases (blocks 1-4) were

  • Airmen, Sailors graduate from Tinker Airman Leadership School

    Thirty-seven Airmen and two Sailors graduated from Tinker’s Airman Leadership School last month.Graduates are:137th Aeromed Evac SquadronSenior Airman Kyle Henry146th Air Support Operations SquadronSenior Airman Matthew Supan189th Logistics Readiness SquadronSenior Airman Richard Grant235th Air

  • Air Force Flight Standards Agency HQ moving to Tinker

    The Air Force Flight Standards Agency headquarters will move to Tinker Air Force Base next year.AFFSA Commander Col. Matthew Yetishefsky said the relocation from two facilities near Will Rogers World Airport will reduce leasing costs, among other advantages.  “This will allow our whole organization

  • Leadership expert addresses 552nd Airmen

    A Pentagon expert on character building and leadership recently spoke to hundreds of 552nd Air Control Wing members about “Professionalism Enhancing Human Capital.”Lt. Col. Kevin Basik, the Air Force representative to the Secretary of Defense’s senior adviser for military professionalism,

  • TINKER HISTORY: Allison J33 engine, unprecedented advancement

    The Allison J33 turbojet was the first mass-produced jet engine used by the military. The J33 was an outgrowth of the turbojet engine developed for aircraft use prior to and during World War II by the British in the form of the Whittle engine.The J33 powered what became known as “jet” aircraft like

  • Emergency exercises scheduled Feb. 27 to March 3

    The annual tornado drill and other simulated emergencies will take place on base between Feb. 27 and March 3. The tornado exercise will include all base personnel, while other scenarios will only affect certain buildings or areas of the base, said Paul Logan, 72nd Air Base Wing inspector general

  • Talking tanker maintenance

    Brig. Gen. Mark Johnson, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex commander, discusses challenges associated with the programmed depot maintenance of the KC-135 Stratotanker with Kristin French, acting assistant secretary of defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness), during Ms. French’s visit to Tinker