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  • Base prepared to let it snow

    Facility managers, snow truck drivers and residential community staff are primed to battle ice, snow and sleet as winter begins Monday.Tinker Air Force Base got its first taste of ice over the Thanksgiving Day holiday, but the storm didn't have any major impacts on base operations, traffic or

  • AF announces FY16 aviator bonuses: RPA pilots eligible for first time

    Eligible active-duty aviators have until Sept. 30 to apply for the fiscal year 2016 Aviator Retention Pay or Critical Skills Retention Bonus programs, Air Force officials announced Dec. 15."The cost to train and develop our Airmen is a significant investment for the Air Force," said Air Force Chief

  • Navy squadron gives kids a taste of military life

    The number of pilots in the Navy's Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR grew by four on Dec. 4. With the help of the Cavett Kids Foundation, four young boys joined the squadron as pilots for a day. The goal of the Pilot for a Day program is to provide children who have serious, chronic or terminal

  • COMMENTARY: A Christmas never forgotten

    Let me tell you about a Christmas never forgotten by a family -- a mother raising four children alone.The year was 1962. Mom had us bring out the Christmas decorations so we could enjoy the bright lights on the tree, the assorted colored ornaments and all of the other decorations. There was one

  • Tinker’s ALS diversifies

    Tinker's Airman Leadership School is the second-largest, developmental-level Enlisted Professional Military Education schoolhouse in Air Force Materiel Command.  It recently hosted the most diverse group of students in its history. The class graduated yesterday.ALS class 16-A was 25 percent larger

  • Base dietitian offers food safety tips for the holidays

    The holidays and great food go together like the Air Force and open sky. Just as air safety is a priority, the days of feasts and leftovers are a good time for family and friends to brush up on food safety.Tinker's own Wendi Knowles, a registered dietitian with the 72nd Medical Group Health

  • TOSC awarding scholarships

    Every year the Tinker Officers' Spouses' Club honors select students and spouses of U.S. military members with a number of educational scholarship awards to acknowledge their outstanding academic achievement and community participation.Those eligible to apply for the scholarship awards are