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  • Commentary: Home safety from a mom’s perspective

    As the mom of a 9 year old boy, I can honestly say that safety is a priority in our home.I have always heard if you have a little one, you need to get down on their level and look for safety obstacles. So, when my son, Jonathan, was a baby, that's exactly what I did.Crawl around every room of your

  • Fire department achieves

    Tinker Fire and Emergency Services recently became the first fire department in Oklahoma to receive accreditation through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. Installation Fire Chief Terry Ford said the recognition represents the work of a high-functioning team that is willing to go

  • Deputy fire chief makes local 100 Hall of Fame

    Tinker's deputy fire chief is a Hall of Famer!Chief James Bradley, with the 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineer Directorate's Fire and Emergency Services Division, was recently awarded a lifetime achievement award (Hall of Fame) from the board of directors of the Mid-Del-Tinker 100 Club .Local

  • Base sustains water damage from May rains

    "The rain was of biblical proportions," said Robert Whittington, community manager for Balfour Beatty Communities at Tinker Family Housing.With no time to build an ark, Tinker residents had to hunker down and hope for the best as waters continued to rise May 6 during a heavy downpour. Tinker saw

  • Reservist helps B-52 come back to life

    For Tech. Sgt. Suann Becton, a getting-the-job-done attitude is something that comes with the territory.So when the call came down to go to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to help resurrect a B-52 Stratofortress that hasn't flown in seven years, she was ready to make it happen.The Reservist,

  • AROUND TINKER: Wildcatter Award

    Tinker Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems Team, with the 72nd Operations Support Squadron, recently received a team Wildcatter Award. Team members are Dave Kellam, Bill Welsh, Tracey Hogan and Ken Snow.The ATCALS Team directly enables and assists the 72nd Air Base Wing's Strategic Plan Goal to

  • AROUND TINKER: ITEC Spotlight

    The 72nd Air Base Wing Communications Directorate's Information Technology Equipment Custodian, "ITEC Spotlight," for May honors Laura Williams of the 72nd Air Base Wing Plans and Programs Office.Ms. Williams is the primary ITEC for an IT Asset Management account of 65 assets valued at close to