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  • Tinker youth learn water safety during ZAC Camp

    "I believe we can swim! We're going to swim all over you!"Cheers like this rang out during a medal ceremony marking the conclusion of ZAC Camp July 24 at the Tinker Youth Center.For a week, 120 base youth attended ZAC Camp, a water safety course designed to teach them the A, B, C and Ds of water

  • B-52 Wrap Cowls shop, a success story

    The numbers alone speak for themselves.Using the Art of the Possible and a modular flow process, the 551st Commodities Maintenance Squadron's B-52 Wrap Cowls shop in Bldg. 9001 has reduced its production time from 155 days to around 22 days. That's a difference of 133 days and a savings of more than

  • DFA methodology saves Air Force millions

    In an effort to provide better support to the warfighter and generate both cost effective readiness and combat power for America, the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing developed, base-lined and implemented a method of measuring the demand on the supply chain system, called Demand Forecast Accuracy,

  • Coal the firehouse dog: rescued by the rescuers

    As a 5-year-old black Labrador, Coal wasn't necessarily a shoe-in to become the newest member of Fire Station 4.She had to earn the honor three months ago of serving as Tinker Air Force Base's only firehouse dog.A rescue, Coal had already been returned once to the Yukon shelter she came from. A

  • West side story A year later, Fire Station 4 builds community service

    When Fire Station 4 opened, it was praised as a self-help project that cut estimated contractor costs by more than 90 percent, with the potential to sharply cut response times to Tinker AFB's west side.Just over a year later, response times have indeed dropped and the station has achieved another of

  • VA 'benefits ninjas' set up Tinker shop

    Randy Reynolds, a veteran service representative with the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, doesn't argue with the notion that he and his colleagues seem a lot like bureaucratic ninjas when it comes to slashing the way clear for veteran benefits."You've got 33 ninjas -- that's what I tell my

  • Model of total force comes to a close

    A historic chapter is now closed as one of the first Air Reserve Component Associations between the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard formally ended June 30 after a successful eight year partnership between the 507th and 137th Air Refueling Wings.The ARC association ended with an Oklahoma Air

  • Be in the know: Precautions can help prevent mosquito-borne illnesses

    Did you know about the mosquitos in your own backyard? Mosquitos on Tinker Air Force Base are not only a nuisance, but some may carry diseases. Some of the most common mosquito transmitted diseases are West Nile virus, Arboviral Encephalitis, Dengue fever, malaria and Yellow Fever. Tinker's Public

  • AROUND TINKER: Three from 72nd MDG earn Wildcatter Awards

    Three members of the 72nd Medical Group were recently honored with Wildcatter Awards.Capt. Kimberly Ranieri, a physician assistant and element leader, has led her team to the implementation of Patient-Centered Medical Home in care of 3,600 patients.Her leadership has enabled the 72nd Medical Group

  • Protect yourself Skin cancer is preventable, with proper precautions

    Some 3.5 million cases of basal and squamous cell cancers are diagnosed in the U.S. each year, and melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer, will account for more than 73,000 cases of skin cancer in 2015, according to the American Cancer Society."Incidents of skin cancer increases as we age, but it