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Land Run Games next week

The Tinker Land Run Games will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Base Picnic Area. Join the Tinker community for fun, free food and prizes. Teams of five can compete for a chance to win $500, $300 or $200. If competing is not your thing, come out to cheer, eat and win prizes.To enter the Land

OC-ALC Strategic Plan: Objective 3.4 Communication and Change Managementan:

The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Strategic Plan guides the workforce to focus on activities that will enable them to be successful today and into the future. The Strategic Plan does this by focusing on three major priority areas: · Developing and Caring for Our People, · Exceeding Customer

507th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters conduct fire training aboard KC-135

Firefighters from the 507th Air Refueling Wing's Civil Engineer Squadron conducted simulated aircraft fire training on a KC-135R Stratotanker here Sept. 5.Teams from the Fire and Emergency Services Flight conducted the training in a contingency environment with limited fire department resources.

Grounding an autopilot problem: 564th’s innovative idea leads to big savings

A little more than a year ago, the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron struggled with an aircraft autopilot system that was sending the squadron's repair and maintenance schedule way off course. Because the autopilot avionics in KC-135 refueling aircraft could only be tested in the air, any problems

Reserve firefighters pay tribute to 9/11 comrades

Firefighters from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in their 5th Annual Fire Climb on Sept. 7 to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks.Inspired by firefighter cadets in Austin, Texas, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing climbed the equivalent of 110 stories to commemorate the 343

AFSC commander cites Air Force birthday

On Sept. 18, 1947, the United States Air Force was established as a separate service. Since then, it's grown into the world's dominant Air Force; able to protect and defend America with global reach, power, and vigilance -- in air, space and cyberspace -- at a moment's notice. As we celebrate this

Record breaker: KC-135 through the gates in 93 days

The 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has achieved the "Art of the Possible" in record-breaking time. Members of the squadron recently produced a KC-135 in just 93 days, breaking the previous record by a day.Joel Wood, the master scheduler for the 564th AMXS, said the average time it takes to

Fall intramural sports teams forming now: Last day for basketball tryouts

Cooler air is on its way, which means it's time to get with co-workers and colleagues and jump into fall sports. Teams are forming now for intramural football and soccer. The varsity Tinker Hawks basketball team will hold its last official day of tryouts today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Gerrity Fitness

Swingers knock out eighth base championship

The perennially powerful Swingers softball team won its eighth base championship in 10 years last week, knocking out the Thumpers 14-2 in the final.The Swingers struggled early in the first game of the double-elimination final, finding themselves down 13-4 in the first three innings. The umpire