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  • 6 Tinker buildings being ventilated

    Ventilation improvements are being made to several buildings on base.Cross-flow ventilation louvers have been or will be installed in the walls of Defense Logistics Agency warehouses -- Bldgs. 412, 506, 510 and 1146, as well as Bldgs. 469 and 3001A -- and exhaust fans will be installed on the roofs

  • Greening Tinker: Base receives smart power strips

    They say the best things in life come in small packages. If that's true, Tinker may save approximately $60,000 per year on a device that costs a mere $14.60 apiece.Earlier this year, Air Force Materiel Command purchased 11,500 smart power strips for Tinker energy personnel to distribute to base

  • Hagel Announces Fewer Furlough Days for Civilians

     The Defense Department has revised from 22 to 14 the number of days hundreds of thousands of civilian employees could be furloughed this year because of the budget sequester, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.In addition, a senior Defense Department official speaking on background told

  • CA Message – Reduction in civilian furlough days

    I'm coming to you with information as it is made official. As of today, the Department of Defense plans to reduce the number of furlough days from 22 to 14. Officials have also pushed the start of the furlough to the last seven pay periods during the fiscal year - which means furlough letters will

  • Tinker Golf course to remain open

    The Tinker Air Force Base golf course was on the brink of closure, but thanks to a dramatic financial reversal, the facility will remain open for at least another year.The golf course hadn't turned a profit in more than a decade -- until last year, after new management and a series of improvements

  • Several construction projects under way at 552nd ACW

    Big things are happening within the 552nd Air Control Wing complex. Over the next 18 months, several 552nd ACW Civil Engineering projects will be finished. In fiscal 2014, others will start. There are currently 16 projects, totaling more than $13 million, in the construction process. They include

  • Base cellphone usage policy changing April 1

    Gabbing on a mobile phone while driving on Tinker Air Force Base will soon be strictly prohibited.Effective April 1, anyone caught talking or texting on a phone while operating a motor vehicle on base -- even if you're waiting at a stop sign or a traffic signal -- will be subject to a stiff

  • Pentagon delays sending furlough notices to civilian workforce

    Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go