Base to remember 9/11 victims with 24-hour vigil

As the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks approaches, members of Team Tinker have an opportunity to honor and remember the lives that were lost that morning. There will be a 9/11 vigil that begins at 7 a.m. Sept. 11 and ends at 7 a.m. Sept. 12. Vigil organizers are looking for four

Budget cuts mean official mail staff, hours to be reduced

Official Mail operations and delivery schedules at Tinker Air Force Base will be scaled back, starting in September, because of federal budget cuts.The Information Management contract -- which supports Publications/Forms, Records Management and Mail Operations -- expires on Sept. 19. As a result,

Lt. Col. Dozois takes command of Canadian Detachment

Canadians have a slightly different way of doing things than their American counterparts.A case in point was the change of command ceremony held Wednesday, Aug. 15, where Lt. Col. Patrick Carpentier relinquished command of the 552nd Air Control Wing's Canadian Detachment to Lt. Col. Peter Dozois,

AFPC Tinker Operating Location named best in Air Force

The Air Force Personnel Center Tinker Operating Location recently achieved a remarkable feat, but it wasn't without great sacrifice. In July, its staffing office averaged a 68-day fill rate for job vacancies, a statistic Tony Black, chief of Headquarters Staffing, said is the best in the Air Force.

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Navy association with Tinker ‘rewarding’, commodore says

The Navy is observing its 20th anniversary at Tinker Air Force Base, and the association has been rewarding, according to Capt. Charles Baker, commander of Strategic Communications Wing ONE and Task Force 124.Sailors "occupy the same turf, use the same galley, and share the same services and

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AFSC looks for world-record performance

Striving for world-record performance must be the common goal of everyone in the Air Force Sustainment Center in order to provide the cost-effective readiness the Air Force needs.Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, AFSC commander, stressed the need to set high expectations during a three-day senior leader

Fishin’ is hot at Tinker's ponds

Natural Resource office in cooperation with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation provided a healthy restocking of Tinker's FamCamp ponds Aug. 9.The ODWC, Medicine Park hatchery near Lawton raised more than 600 channel catfish for the base that will withstand the remainder of one of the

Navy, 38th CEG engage in contest; excited about energy saving efforts

It's on, or rather, it's off!As the summer heats up and electricity bills escalate, the "Off We Go Energy Reduction Competition" between several on-base headquarters' facilities remains fierce. In fact, the Navy, who remains at the top of the leaderboard, and 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation