Video teleconferencing changes around Tinker

Video teleconferencing underwent a major technology revamp over the last eight months in the Department of Defense and at Tinker Air Force Base. Before the changes, all Tinker VTCs required at least a day in advance to schedule, were in conference rooms and used three digital phones lines. 

Tinker named Tree City USA for 22nd year

For the past 22 years, Tinker Air Force Base has been recognized as a Tree City USA.Part of the requirements of being a Tree City USA is holding an Arbor Day celebration. Col. Christopher Azzano, 72nd Air Base Wing and Tinker installation commander, proclaimed March 27 as Arbor Day at Tinker. To

April is SAPR Month

Base recognized as a Certified Healthy Business

Tinker Air Force Base has been recognized as a Healthy Business for 2014 as part of the Certified Healthy Oklahoma Program that includes businesses, campuses, communities, congregations, early childhood programs, restaurants and schools.The Certified Healthy Business Program recognizes businesses

Tinker man commits to healthy lifestyle change

Losing weight has been a life long struggle for Matthew Thomas, who is in B-1 Production Management with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.In 2006, then-Master Sergeant Thomas weighed 330 pounds. He was near the end of his military career, but his size was a concern as the Air Force was

Tickets available for base’s National Prayer Luncheon

The National Prayer Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. April 20 at the Tinker Club.Air Force Materiel Command Chaplain (Col.) Jim Browning will be the guest speaker. The theme this year is, "Strengthening Your Core." Chaplain Browning will speak of inner resiliency and bouncing back from setbacks

OC-ALC AS9110 audit coming up

From April 6-10, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex will receive a five-day external Aerospace Standard 9110 recertification audit. Auditors from the Great Western Registrar will return to perform a recertification audit of the OC-ALC, excluding 76th Software Maintenance Group.The reason for

Tinker steps up for SAPR Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month and the Tinker Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program office has a lot of activities planned.The theme is "Eliminate Sexual Assault. Know Your Part. Do Your Part."The first event, "Rape Culture and Popular Media," will be presented by

Officials: Tinker area is a ‘no fly’ zone when it comes to recreational drones

Increasingly more powerful and easier to fly, small recreational drones are soaring in popularity and the skies.While experienced enthusiasts often join local radio-controlled model aircraft clubs and fly them under Federal Aviation Administration rules, some users may not realize there are places

Navigate social media with caution

When the Department of Defense opened military servers to social media in 2010, it came with a recognition that these interactive, two-way tools "have risks that must be understood and mitigated."That remains critically true today. According to Pew Research, nearly 70 percent of men and women