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  • Tinker hosts dozens of STEM educators

    Oklahoma teachers play a vital role in Tinker Air Force Base's future by inspiring students to pursue careers involving the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math, a top Air Force Sustainment Center leader said last week.Col. Charles Gaona, deputy director of the AFSC's Engineering

  • Back to school: Tinker Elementary to welcome students Aug. 19

    Cue the groans of children at Tinker. School starts Aug. 19.Despite rumors floating around that Tinker Elementary School will not be open after sustaining flood damage from heavy rainstorms in May, the school will be open and faculty is ready to welcome students."We are really excited," said Wendy

  • New Horizons medical team supports exercise personnel and Hondurans

    New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise medical personnel have provided medical support to exercise personnel and Hondurans since June and will continue to do so until early August.In addition to the medical personnel, communication Airmen from the 35th Combat Communications Squadron out of

  • Quest for Zero: Dehydration, August heat a deadly duo

    "Dehydration" or "hypo-hydration" can attack in two forms -- chronic and acute -- and is not a simple safety and health issue, as so many are apt to believe. Anyone -- from infants to mountain climbers and athletes to ill-stricken people -- can run out of liquids in their body due to various

  • Quest for Zero: Air Force campaign promotes vehicle backing safety

    Can you guess what driving activity occupies less than 1 percent of a vehicle operator's time behind the wheel, but regularly, year after year, produces approximately 25 percent of all accidents?The Air Force's Vehicle Backing Focus Safety Campaign is from Aug. 10-14. The intent of this effort is

  • Local ace receives Congressional Gold Medal

    A retired colonel from Oklahoma recently added a gold medal to his long list of military awards.Col. Chuck DeBellevue is one of 77 surviving American fighter aces to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress can bestow on behalf of the American people. His other military

  • Walker honored with 72nd ABW Wildcatter Award

    Brandon Walker, a management analyst with the 72nd Air Base Wing Communications Directorate, was recently honored with a Wildcatter Award.Mr. Walker performs outstanding customer service support for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and Air Force Life Cycle Managment Center as the Electronic

  • Group works together to stay on road to a healthy lifestyle

    In the basement of the 72nd Medical Group, there is a group of IT professionals working hard to stay healthy.Their leader, Chief Information Officer Nanci Alexander, gives the credit to Glenn Lawson, a network specialist. Mr. Lawson wanted to get fit and Ms. Alexander partnered with him to help keep