Flight Controllers top closest rival

Flight Controllers upended major contender Showtime March 28 to win the regular season of the Monday-Wednesday league.The 46-43 final score was relatively low for the top two teams in the league. The undefeated Controllers' scoring was spread mainly among Michael McCray, 10, Ryan Hytche, 9, and D.

Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Lauds Community Support to Team Tinker, Nation

The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was the guest speaker for the 43rd Tinker Community Dining Out held at the Tinker Club, April 1.Prior to the dining out, General Paul J. Selva, spent the afternoon engaged with Team Tinker leadership on the vital missions performed by Air Force

Detecting danger: NDI shop evaluating new technology to find cracks in parts

A 548th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron unit is evaluating new technologies with the potential to detect dangerous cracks in metal jet engine parts that current methods may be missing, squadron officials said. Finding those fractures is the job of the 548th PMXS's 53-member Non-Destructive

Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff views Tinker capabilities

The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 1, to engage with Team Tinker on the missions of the Air Force Sustainment Center and associate units contribution to the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence.Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, AFSC Commander,

Out of the grave: OC-ALC team restoring Ghost Rider to fly again

The "Ghost Rider," B-52 Stratofortress tail number 61-007, is at Tinker Air Force Base for its first Programmed Depot Maintenance since 2004.Ghost Rider was pulled from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, also known as the Air Force's "Boneyard," at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.,

Okies of the 507th ARW

The largest Air Force Reserve Command flying unit in the state of Oklahoma can be found right here at Tinker.More than 1,100 Citizen Airmen in the 507th Air Refueling Wing, affectionately known as "Okies," support, fly and maintain eight KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft on the south side of Tinker,

PHOTO: Final salute

81 graduate from Employee Enhancement Program

In a culmination of some 144 hours of experience and exposure to business processes and challenges, 81 students graduated from the Employee Enhancement Program last Friday."I wish every installation had this program," said Col. Stephanie Wilson, 72nd Air Base Wing and Tinker installation commander,

COMMENTARY: Don’t be a cliché Wingman, be the real deal

Wingman -- a title used over and over again throughout the Air Force.After a little research, I found the Air Force has 27 posters depicting messages on the Wingman concept. Most communicate that an individual's responsibility is to find a Wingman and keep them informed of their current life

PHOTO: Base celebrates Arbor Day