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  • Are you ready to play the Feud? Annual event is back

    Team Tinker Fabulous Feud is back! The 72nd Force Support Squadron is giving away $500 cash to the winning team in the Fabulous Feud. This year's event is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Tinker Club. A game host will conduct the games and all team competitors will compete for cash prizes.

  • Intramural bowling league starts Jan. 22

    The intramural base bowling league has tentatively attracted seven teams, and Tinker Bowling Center General Manager Brett Moler hopes for more by the time the season starts next week.Four-person teams will play a two-game series each week for 12 weeks, starting Jan. 22 and ending April 9. The eight

  • Work starts on base football/soccer field

    Dirtwork has begun in preparation for installation of 101,000 square feet of artificial turf at Tinker's football/soccer field. A spokeswoman for the prime contractor said installation of the synthetic surface is scheduled to start about Jan. 20 and will take approximately one month to complete.The

  • Tinker major inducted into DCHS Alumni Hall of Fame

    A Tinker major was one of four recently inducted into the Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame.Maj. Brian Putnam, Class of 1987, was inducted in November, along with Tari Vickery, Class of 1969; Roger Stuart, Class of 1973, and Brenda Mechling, Class of 1975. Major Putnam attended Del City High

  • Engineering a career: Tinker focuses on engineer education

    Tinker AFB is doing a lot in the area of education to attract and keep engineers.For example, in the Long-Term Training program sponsored by the OC-ALC/EN, enrollees have their tuition, fees and textbooks paid for up to three semesters while they study for a Master of Science degree at the

  • Engineering a career: Important for Tinker to attract, retain engineers

    Engineers are critical to various operations at Tinker AFB. Consequently, as the U.S. Air Force downsizes to accommodate leaner budgets, recruiting and retaining engineers has become challenging but vital to Tinker as it competes with the private sector for that talent pool.Private industry can and

  • Flu season has begun; it’s not too late for a shot

    Flu season is under way and widespread activity is being reported in 25 states, including Oklahoma, according to the Centers for Disease Control's weekly flu advisory report.This year the H1N1 virus is the most common strain being reported. This is the same strain that caused a pandemic in 2009 and

  • Navy to build new hangar

    Construction is expected to start this spring on a new maintenance hangar for naval aircraft stationed at Tinker AFB.The 2014 National Defense Authorization Bill approved by Congress and signed in late December by the president included $14 million for construction of a new hangar at TACAMO for the

  • Tinker’s Mowles receives Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award

    The deputy director of the 76th Commodities Maintenance Group in the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex was named the outstanding Aircraft Maintenance Civilian Manager of 2012.Mike Mowles received the Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award on Tuesday from Lt. Gen. Judith Fedder, deputy chief of staff for