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  • Feds Feed FamiliesL Food drive nearing end

    Team Tinker has only one week left to reach the goal of 10,000 pounds of food to donate in the Feds Feed Families drive. Generous donors have already helped the drive reach 70 percent of the goal. The drive ends Aug. 27.Team Tinker members and their families can drop off non-perishable food at

  • Emergency response exercise this week

    Base employees, residents and visitors may experience a temporary interruption to certain services related to quarterly emergency response exercises planned here for Aug. 18-20.The Gerrity Sports and Fitness Center will be closed to patrons from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 20. All other base

  • Colonel Ruthardt assumes command of DLA Aviation OKC

    Col. Kenton Ruthardt is the new commander of DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City. He assumed command during an Aug. 6 ceremony at Hollywood and Vine in Bldg. 3001.Brig. Gen. Mark K. Johnson, DLA Aviation commander, traveled from Richmond, Va., to officiate the ceremony."It's important to recognize the

  • AWACS upgrade achieves initial operational capability

    The Commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Hostage, declared Initial Operational Capability for the 552nd Air Control Wing's E-3G "Sentry" Airborne Warning and Control System Block 40/45 aircraft July 28 here."This modification represents the most significant upgrade in the 35-plus year history

  • CMSAF encourages Airmen on his recent visit to Tinker

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and his wife Athena visited Tinker Airmen Aug. 1-2. During an Airman's Call, Chief Cody said that although challenges lie ahead, he is confident in the Air Force's ability to maintain its elite status. "The inability to predict the future creates some

  • Tinker's 513th provides AWACS support for major Pacific exercise

    More than 60 reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron returned home last week after a nearly two-week mission to support the Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.The 970th flew the only E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning