Purple Heart recipients inducted into chapter

Five Tinker personnel who were wounded while on active duty were recognized Saturday night during the annual banquet of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.Honorees who attended the event were Senior Master Sgt. Melissa M. Garrett of the 960th Airborne Air Control

Commander discusses the Tinker mission during Purple Heart banquet

The 26,000 military and civilian personnel at Tinker Air Force Base "answer the call of others so they can prevail," Col. Steven Bleymaier, commander of the 72nd Air Base Wing, told members of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.Every day, men and women come to work

History makers: Team overhauls aircraft in record 99 flow days

Tinker recently achieved a feat that a few years ago was nearly unimaginable. On May 15, Tinker returned a KC-135 Stratotanker to a customer an incredible 66 days early. The overall programmed depot maintenance took just 99 flow days.Aircraft 63-7988 from Lincoln Air National Guard Base, Neb., is

Adee takes reins of DLA-OKC

Col. Richard Schwing relinquished command of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Oklahoma to Col. Rex Adee in a ceremony May 14 at the Tinker Club.DLA Aviation Commander Brig. Gen. Scott Jansson served as the presiding officer over the ceremony."Colonel Schwing's contributions to the Defense

2012 Master Labor Agreement changes

A new Master Labor Agreement has been in effect since April 1. Negotiations were completed in December 2010 by a team of Air Force Materiel Command management officials and the American Federation of Government Employees, however, the document was not ratified and approved until earlier this year.

Changes coming to the Tinker Club

The Air Force is undergoing a Services Transformation that will impact many of the Force Support Squadron activities at all bases. The changes are necessary to become more efficient, save money and put resources where they can best be used. Recently, Headquarters Air Force Services conducted studies

Agencies offer numerous services to civilians

Have you ever heard anyone grumble, "Everything on this base is geared toward active duty -- there are no services here for civilians"? Well next time, tell Mr. or Ms. GripeMeister that nothing could be farther from the truth. Tinker offers numerous services to base civilians from several agencies.

Gym Rats capture another championship

In the clash between two ex-champions for the spring 2012 base flag football title, the margin of victory was one point.After 59 minutes of battling up and down the football field May 17, the Gym Rats slipped past Reserve Gold, 21-20, on the last play of the game, as time expired -- and despite

Bowling league, May 19 tourney winners announced

Fifteen bowlers recorded the top scores at the Tinker Bowling Center during the 2011-2012 league season, and three others had the highest scores in a tournament last Saturday, General Manager Brett Moler announced recently.The top honor scores recorded in any single game during the 32-week season

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