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  • Timelnes for important retention dates

    Quality Force Retention Board TimelineJan. 14 to March 26 - AFPC accepting voluntary retirement/separation applicationsJan. 15 - MPS began assisting Airmen in updating record in the Military Personnel Data SystemJan. 23 - AFPC/DPSOR notifies Quality Force Review Board-eligible Airmen by personal

  • Boards to consider officers for separation

    Force shaping boards will consider active-duty officers with more than three but less than six years of commissioned service as of Dec. 31, 2014, for separation. The boards will target career fields and year groups based on sustainment levels.Details for implementation of two fiscal 2014 officer

  • Tinker chiefs discuss upcoming force management programs

    The news is out. The Air Force is cutting 25,000 from its forces in a necessary move to curb spending. Several expanded force management programs will be implemented this year. The fiscal 2014 programs include an enlisted retention program, chief master sergeant retention board, enlisted retention

  • First upgraded B-1 departs Tinker

    A B-1 Lancer that received the first Integrated Battle Station modification that features full color displays, moving maps and a new diagnostics system, departed Tinker Air Force Base on Tuesday en route to Dyess AFB, Texas, for testing and training.The IBS -- the most extensive modification program

  • Tinker hub for 4,000 tons of F-16 materiel to Iraq

    Eight million pounds of aircraft parts and equipment and ground support vehicles destined for Iraq will begin moving to and through Tinker AFB, starting in about a week and continuing for the next two years.The 4,000 tons of cargo are part of a $6.5 billion foreign military sale of F-16 fighter

  • Tinker aerial port requires repairs

    Tinker AFB has an aerial port for handling the 4,000 tons of cargo that will be transported to Iraq over the next two years, but the Bldg. 260 warehouse and loading dock require some attention."They've been neglected for awhile," said Steven Max, chief of Air Terminal Operations and Passenger

  • 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