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  • Funds OK’d for Ops building

    The 2014 National Defense Authorization Bill approved by Congress and signed late last month by the president includes $12.2 million for the Air Force Reserve unit at Tinker AFB, officials confirmed recently.Most of the funding is identified for development of an Operations building for the 513th

  • B-52 upgrade to increase smart-weapons capacity

    Tinker AFB personnel will update ground maintenance and mission planning software in support of a new Air Force contract that will increase the B-52 bomber's "smart-weapons" capacity by 50 percent.The $24.6 million agreement stipulates that Boeing will develop a modification to existing weapon

  • Life givers: 38th CEIG donates 72 gallons of blood

    It is said that every pint of whole blood can save the lives of as many as three Oklahomans. If so, the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group at Tinker AFB has saved the population of a small city in the past two years.The 38th CEIG donated 581 pints of whole blood -- 72.6 gallons -- in the

  • Schoolchildren treated to shopping spree, thanks to B-52s

    Five-year-old Austin was excited to receive new shoes, jeans and a coat, but he also shared the Christmas spirit by wanting to pick out something for his sister. On Dec. 12, 25 children from Crooked Oak Elementary School were treated to a morning shopping spree with volunteers from the Air Force

  • Tinker Airmen send care packages to deployed ‘family’

    It is never easy for Airmen to leave our families for an extended period of time. Whether it's for one year or six months, makes no difference. The constant worry for our family while we are deployed adds one more dynamic to an already arduous situation. However, being away from family over the

  • Meters measure utility usage

    The Tinker Energy Team is implementing a standardized industrial metering system throughout the base.Tinker has hundreds of meters that measure water, gas and electricity usage across the base. "Some are ancient and some are modern," said Joseph Cecrle of the 76th Maintenance Support Group, energy

  • Energy Team achieves AoP goals

    The Tinker Energy Team was the only group that achieved its Art of the Possible goal among the organizations that reported AoP metrics in Fiscal Year 2013, announced Col. Stephen Wood, vice commander of the 72nd Air Base Wing.The Energy Team shaved the base's electricity bills by $2.6 million this

  • Tinker civilian retirees need new IDs starting Jan. 1

    Beginning Jan. 1, Department of Defense civilian retirees need to have a new ID card to access base. The previous card, Air Force Form 354, is a legacy installation access ID, and will be discontinued. According to Tech. Sgt. Daniel Strothers in the 72nd Security Forces Squadron, Jan. 1 is the cut

  • Base celebrates CDC South grand opening

    After many years of planning and waiting, a third Child Development Center, CDC South, opened Nov. 4, nearly three years after the Dec. 18, 2010, groundbreaking. An official grand opening ceremony was held Dec. 5."I am just so excited that we are finally able to open this wonderful new facility so