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  • Base plans events to celebrate Earth Day, Month

    April is Earth Month and April 22 is recognized as Earth Day. To celebrate, members of the 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineer Directorate have planned a series events to educate and inform base personnel about issues concerning energy conservation and environmental awareness. Base Environmental

  • AFSPC vice commander addresses 3rd Herd impending inactivation

    Lt. Gen. Michael Basla, Air Force Space Command vice commander, spoke to a packed house of 3rd Combat Communications Group Airmen at the base theater March 28. He addressed their issues regarding the impending inactivation of their unit and let them know their well-beings are high priorities.The

  • Enlisted corps honors General Hoffman with prestigious Order of the Sword

    Taking part in an evening filled with pageantry and steeped in military tradition, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman was inducted into the AFMC Order of the Sword during a March 30 ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force."This honor tonight certainly is humbling

  • April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

    Each year the Tinker Family Advocacy Program observes Child Abuse Prevention Month with a variety of activities and a selected theme. This year, FAP has chosen the theme "Be a Life Saver to Your Baby: Practice Safe Sleep." Family Advocacy Outreach Manger Joyce Atlee explained why this theme was

  • Practice resiliency, save your life

    Most everyone has been there, having experienced a feeling helplessness after several horrendous days in a row. When in that predicament, some may overeat for comfort. Others may treat themselves to something expensive. Members of Tinker's First Sergeants Council said while those actions may not be

  • Seven teams bowl in tournament

    Seven two-person teams entered the Parent/Child Nine-Pin, No-Tap Tournament last Saturday at the Tinker Bowling Center, General Manager Brett Moler reported.The first place prize for the highest combined score went to George and Lexus Maxwell; second place, Gerald and Nick Davis; and third place,

  • 33rd CBCS splits doubleheader in intramural hoops

    The 33rd Combat Communications Squadron split a double-header in tight base basketball playoff games last Friday.After a defensive scrap in which they edged the Bobbleheads by one point, the 33rd CBCS ran into foul trouble and out of fuel despite their deep bench, and lost by three to the

  • Gym Rats defeat Flight Controllers to win small squadron bball title

    In back-to-back games Tuesday evening, Flight Controllers #2 outmuscled Army Strong in the small squadron basketball semifinal, but were grounded by the Gym Rats in the championship game.The Airmen body-slammed the Soldiers, 58-42, but ran into foul trouble and ran out of gas against the Gym Rats,

  • SecAF: Air Force trading size for quality

    In the current economic environment, the best course of action for the U.S. Air Force is to "trade size for quality," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley March 30 in a keynote address to attendees of the 39th Tinker and Community Dining Out at the Tinker Club.The secretary said that