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  • Navy Security beaten but unbowed in flag football

    President Theodore Roosevelt famously asserted that "credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because ... if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly..."Those

  • Reserve White bombs Ironmen

    What started as a defensive struggle became a rout, as Air Force Reserve White bombed the Navy VQ-3 Ironmen, 25-6, in a base flag football game that featured four interceptions.On the Navy's opening drive, a pass to receiver Shayne Hughes gained 13 yards and quarterback Michael Rankin scrambled to

  • Foreign Military Sales a billion-dollar business

    Foreign Military Sales are big business to the U.S. Air Force.Brig. Gen. James Haywood, director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the overall administrator of a $128.3 billion portfolio supporting Foreign Military Sales to

  • Little changes to Tinker thermostats save big money

    Temperature set points work. Over the course of the summer, Bldg. 3001 and the facilities linked to substation No. 2 decreased its electrical consumption from last year by 7 percent; the base as a whole decreased by 8 percent. Much of that savings is directly related to setting the buildings'

  • FMS more than just hardware

    Foreign Military Sales involve more than bombs and bullets.It includes support equipment and flight line vehicles, instrument landing equipment and radar systems, maintenance and specialized training -- "much more than end items," said Brig. Gen. James Haywood, director of the Air Force Security

  • AFSAC supports aged systems

    The U.S. Air Force supports a vast array of weapons systems -- even some that are 60 to 70 years old -- for its myriad foreign partners."A lot of what we support is no longer in our inventory, but we still support it because that's what our partners need," Brig. Gen. James Haywood said during a

  • Airmen learn dangers, expense of drunk driving

    A driving under the influence offense in Oklahoma will cost a first-time offender an average of $10,000 to $14,000. Sgt. Jason Yingling, of the Oklahoma County Highway Safety Office, asked Airmen from the 34th Combat Communications Squadron Sept. 28 if they could afford that expense.He briefed the

  • Council offers Airmen reminder on PTU standards

    With cooler weather coming up, the Tinker First Sergeants Council reminds Airmen of the Physical Training Uniform standards.According to Air Force Instruction 36-2903: 7.1.2. Wear of the PTU/IPTU is mandatory during physical fitness assessments and while participating in organized PT events as

  • Around Tinker: Three 72nd ABW members honored with Wildcatter Awards

    Three members of the 72nd Medical Group were recently honored with Wildcatter Awards by 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Steven Bleymaier.Andrea Talley has been a medical instrument technician in the 72nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron since September 2006. During this time, her efforts have helped