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  • Symposium details support for sexual assault victims

    About 80 Tinker AFB commanders, civilian directors, chiefs and other key leaders attended the third annual Tinker SAPR Symposium Jan. 12 —an in-depth refresher course about the wide-ranging resources and trained advocates who support victims of sexual assault.The half-day event at the Tinker Chapel

  • OC-ALC retreat

    Military members of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex lower the American flag from the base flag pole during an official retreat ceremony Jan. 24, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma. OC-ALC conducted the retreat ceremony as part of the official Tinker AFB 75th Anniversary events. Tinker

  • COMMENTARY: Snuffy Smith, first enlisted Airman to receive Medal of Honor

    Picture the scene: a group of 30 young men in the small town of Caro, Mich., getting their picture taken on the courthouse steps before leaving to serve their country. As they line up, the sheriff calls across the steps to say he had one more for the picture: Maynard Harrison Smith in handcuffs,

  • KC-135 MOD program closes out year with magic number: Block 45

    The KC-135 Block 45 upgrade program reached a milestone by closing out 2016 with the 45th aircraft in the modification line here. Block 45 completely remodels the inside of the flight deck with new liquid crystal displays, radio altimeter, auto-pilot, digital flight director and other computer

  • AROUND TINKER: Surgical Services Flight earns Wildcatter Award

    The 72nd Air Base Wing Surgical Services Flight was recently honored with a Wildcatter Award from 72nd ABW Commander Col. Stephanie Wilson.72nd Medical Group Surgical Services Flight, which is comprised of the Physical Therapy, Orthopedic Surgery, General Surgery, and Chiropractic elements, has

  • 72nd SFS equipped and armed for readiness

    The 72nd Security Forces Squadron recently acquired 75 new Tasers from its annual distribution of fall-out funds. Tech. Sgt. Sean Stanton, a program manager with the 72nd SFS said the X26P model Tasers are the newest models on the market.

  • Tinker’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, on task

    The VITA program, organized by the base legal office, will be open from Jan. 31 through April 14. The VITA office is located in Bldg. 1, Door 3, on the west side of the building. There are signs guiding visitors to the office. VITA hours of operation are from 7:30 to 11 a.m. and noon to 3 p.m.

  • Air-launched cruise missile passes tests

    Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircrews recently tested three unarmed AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles, demonstrating the bomber force’s ability to configure, load, fly and deliver the nation’s only nuclear cruise missile. The B-52H aircrews departed Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, for the

  • Real ID Act, compliance extended

    Oklahoma’s Department of Homeland Security extension that was set to expire Jan. 29 has been extended to June 6. On this date some identification cards, such as the Oklahoma driver’s license, will no longer be acceptable forms of identification to enter Tinker Air Force Base unescorted.

  • TINKER HISTORY: The Genesis of Tinker AFB

    In celebration of Tinker's 75th anniversary, we're looking back at how the base began. In the early 1940s, Oklahoma City entrepreneurs Edward K. Gaylord, Wilbur E. Hightower, Tom Braniff, Frank Buttram, and Stanley Draper and others formed the Oklahoma Industries Foundation after learning that the