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  • 76th PMXG officer named PACAF CGO of the Year

    The "2012 Pacific Air Forces Company Grade Officer of the Year" award was presented recently to a lieutenant who's now assigned to the 548th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron at Tinker AFB.1st Lt. Pelenato Tagoai, deputy flight chief for Welding Flight, received a special plaque from Brig. Gen. Gene

  • Total force integration more than just a phrase

    Some active-duty Airmen serve for years without working alongside a reservist, but Airmen of the 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron have day-to-day experience.For Capt. Ashlyn Smith, a navigator with the 966th, "total force integration" is more than just a hot-button phrase. Captain Smith works as

  • Changes to limit airpark access, impact parking spaces

    Access to the Maj. Charles B. Hall Memorial Airpark adjacent to Tinker Gate will be limited for the next couple of months while preparations are made to slip a Navy aircraft among nine Air Force planes on display there.The entrance to the airpark parking lot, which is directly east of the base

  • Tinker offers mammograms

    Approximately 232,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in 2013. Of them, 65,000 cases will be in the earliest stage, but overall 40,000 women will succumb to the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.For the first time in several years, the 72nd Medical Group is

  • RAMS keep base safe

    Though random antiterrorism measures may seem unnecessary, Tinker's operational security personnel assure they are essential is for the base and your protection.Did you know?· Employing random antiterrorism measures, known as RAMs, are designed to let potential "bad guys" know the installation is

  • New AFSC vice commander excited to serve team

    Col. John Kubinec is excited about his new job.Since accepting the Air Force Sustainment Center vice commander position in mid-July, the career aircraft/munitions maintenance officer has his sight set on helping others reach their own success. After all, the colonel said he's in a position that can

  • Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of