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  • Club seeks new members to come along for the ride

    Being a volunteer team member in the Oklahoma chapter of the Air Force Cycling Team involves a lot more than riding. A big part of it is representing the Air Force – on the bikes and off.

  • Hole-in-one: First in 15

    Jim Broughton, 72nd Force Support Squadron Tinker golf course manager, congratulates Lt. Col. Casey Grider, director of operations with the 752nd Operations Support Squadron Air Combat Command. Grider shot 170 yards for a hole-in-one for hole #2 during the Can-Am (Canadian American) Tournament on

  • The right to bare arms

    Staff Sgt. Zach Nagle administers a flu shot to Tech. Sgt. Crystal Salierno of the 552nd Air Control Wing, as part of the 72nd Medical Group’s two-day stint at the base theater. All active duty military members were eligible to receive their flu shot during this time. (Air Force photo by Jillian

  • AFSC Small Business Offices exceed contracting goals in last three years

    To keep critical combat aircraft like the F-15 Eagle and a few dozen more combat platforms ready to defend the nation, the Air Force Sustainment Center routinely contracts with the defense industry giants that build them. But with roughly 32,000 military and civilian personnel primarily spread

  • MPS, ID Card Office relocating to Bldg. 1

    The Military Personnel Section (MPS) of the 72nd Force Support Squadron, to include the ID Card Office, will be closed Wednesday through Friday while the section relocates from the 72nd Air Base Wing Headquarters in Bldg. 460 to Bldg. 1, entry doors 3 and 4. Entry doors 3 and 4 are on the west side

  • Be aware of fire ants found on base

    The base’s Pest Management shop has begun eradicating fire ant colonies that have been discovered on Tinker Air Force Base for the first time. Exterminators recently began eradication treatments around a significant number of mostly small- to medium-sized nests, or mounds, found on the grounds near

  • Mosquitoes: Knowing the threat

    Mosquitoes are not only a nuisance, but some may also carry diseases. The 72nd Medical Group Public Health Office conducts weekly mosquito surveillance during the months of April through late October to identify specific disease threats from local mosquito species in our area, and then use this info

  • KC-135 Block 45 Program Acquisition Innovation saves millions

    The KC-135 Block 45 program, a nomenclature for Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) is an avionics upgrade that has recently achieved tremendous success. The KC-135 program office crafted a contracting model to bolster small business participation which resulted

  • Boom shop finds solution for ‘dreaded’ task

    No one in the 551st Commodities Maintenance Squadron boom shop ever looked forward to “stabbing the telescoping boom.” That’s what the shop calls the physically demanding job of inserting an approximately 25-foot cylindrical tube inside a 29-foot-long KC-135 aerial refueling tanker boom in the shop.

  • Fire Prevention Week Oct. 10-14

    The ladder truck was utilized during Fire Prevention Week to demonstrate rope rescue drills and provide practice and training for fire department personnel. (Air Force photo by Kelly White)