National Physical Fitness and Sports Month Body weight training is exercise for anyone

May has been designated National Physical Fitness and Sports Month to raise awareness of the importance of active living.Regular physical activity is important to one's health, a sense of well-being and maintenance of a healthy weight.According to the US Department of Health and Human Services and

Air Force Occupational Safety, Tinker Safety Office introduce The ‘Quest for Zero’ Campaign

What's the "Quest for Zero" for? One might reasonably ask. It is to focus on risk management and on-(and off-) duty safety. The Air Force recently unveiled the "Quest for Zero" campaign, a new risk management program, to encourage on-and-off duty safety, and to reduce or eliminate the occurrence of

Welcoming a new Wildcatter

OKC Dodgers celebrate Military Appreciation Night

Base releases notice of opportunity for logistics complex ESPC

The Defense Logistics Agency recently released a notice of opportunity for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker Air Force Base.The notice invites the 16 energy service companies, or ESCOs, that are currently qualified by the

Colonel Azzano takes pride in accomplishments during tenure

It's been an assignment filled with challenges, but there have also been high times that make the 72nd Air Base Wing commander take pride in the wing's accomplishments.On Wednesday, Col. Christopher Azzano, 72nd ABW and Tinker installation commander, will bid a fond farewell to the wing he's

Airmen graduate from ALS

552nd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronSenior Airman Daniel BairdSenior Airman Benjamin ButlerSenior Airman Adam HallSenior Airman Kevyn JankowicsSenior Airman Aaron Plourde552nd Maintenance SquadronSenior Airman Alexander BakerSenior Airman Joshua EllerSenior Airman Dennis FinleySenior Airman Kenneth

Freedom Citation Essay: The Essence of Liberty

I never knew what freedom truly meant to me until I grew up. Even in childhood, I was well aware of having to "pay" for small victories, such as saving my allowance to purchase that video game which my mother constantly denied me, or finishing my schoolwork promptly so that I would be rewarded the

This Memorial Day, reflect on true meaning

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- It was nearly 150 years ago that our nation first observed a day of remembrance for those who died in service to the United States of America.Over the years, more than 1 million American Soldiers, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, Marines and Airmen have given their

2015 Police Week