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  • CHAPLAIN'S CORNER: Languages

    Languages. Aren't they fascinating? You have probably said, as I have, how we admire people who've been able to master more than two languages. From amongst our Team Tinker family we have a number of such folks. The truth is, while some people find it easy, it still takes determination, study and

  • Commander recognizes two wing members with Wildcatter Awards

    Col. Mark Correll, 72nd Air Base Wing Commander, recently awarded wing members with the Commander's Wildcatter Award.     Carol Jean Enloe was awarded the Wildcatter Award for her work as a gardener with TRACE Inc for the 72nd Civil Engineering Squadron. Ms Enloe possesses a genuine passion for the

  • AFMC’s command chief to retire after 30 years of service

    Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted member will close the book on his military career Feb. 1, exactly 30 years from the date he entered the Air Force delayed enlistment program.    Chief Master Sergeant Jonathan Hake, AFMC's command chief, will say goodbye during a retirement ceremony that

  • Tinker Cowboy shines at IFR 38

    Tinker personnel have a myriad of interesting hobbies and events that go beyond the norm. No truer statement can be made about Jeremy Shed of the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. One of his interests outside the gates is bareback riding.   Shed's occupation as a world-class bareback rider came

  • Air Force cartoonist publishes book while deployed

    It's hard being only a figment of someone's imagination. Just ask 1st Lt. Kenneth Dahl, an F-15 Eagle fighter pilot with the imaginary 809th Fighter Squadron.    Lieutenant Dahl, call sign "Barbie," is the star of the online Web comic Air Force Blues, and a hero, of sorts, to his Internet following.

  • Chief hangs up uniform after 29-year career

    Command Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Cherry retired Dec. 10. As the rain poured down and iced against the roads, the Tinker community reminisced the 72nd Air Base Wing command chief's near 30-year career.    More than 150 Airmen, civilians and family attended the official ceremony at the Tinker Club

  • Retiring commander says goodbye to troops

    Although 555th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron retiring commander Col. James H. Hall aspired to be a pilot, fate would have it that he would become a maintenance officer. He said he hasn't regretted the decision in all of his 30 years of service.    "Taking aircraft that lands broken and being able to

  • Day of caring: Squadron volunteers help out at Tinker Youth Center

    In just six short hours on Oct. 12, 35 "Bulldogs" from the 72nd Communications Squadron completed a United Way Day of Caring mission by teaming with Tinker Youth Center staffers to revamp the entire look of the building's landscape architecture.    "I cannot begin to thank the 72nd CS team enough

  • Early detection means greater chance of survival

    Early detection is the key and means greater chance of survival: When breast cancer is found early, many women go on to live long and healthy lives.   Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers.   The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time