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  • Del City proclaims March as ‘552nd ACW Month’

    In just two weeks, the 552nd Air Control Wing will be honored with a month-long event. The City of Del City recently named March, "552nd Air Control Wing Month."Del City officials presented Col. Thomas Engle, 552nd ACW vice commander, with the news and proclamation Feb. 2 at the Del City Chamber of

  • Vigilance, keen eye lead to petty officer’s safety award

    A late-night inspection of a Navy jet by a tired but eagle-eyed junior enlisted member stationed at Tinker Air Force Base revealed a crack in a critical component, which probably saved the airplane and the lives of her crewmembers.The vigilance of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandi R. Greer in Fleet Air

  • CE personnel remove invasive trees, plan to replace with native plants

    To improve the health of some of Tinker's natural areas, non-native trees are being chopped down at five sites on base comprising a little over five acres within the Urban Greenway and the golf course.Each of the sites has been choked with dense stands of invasive tree species, primarily lacebark

  • Greening Tinker: Tons of recycling opportunities available on base

    Tons of metal, cardboard, paper, cans, printer cartridges, glass and plastic from Tinker AFB that would otherwise fill up space in a landfill are instead reprocessed into reusable materials in a self-sustaining environmental program.For example, the 72nd Force Support Squadron collected almost 290

  • Reintegration class next week

    Spouses of deployed members can ask questions and address their concerns at the Spouses Reintegration Class at 9 a.m. Feb. 22 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center. This class is aimed at those whose active duty spouse has been back from deployment a month or less, or will return within the next

  • Tinker Airmen to tour with Tops in Blue

    Senior Airman Ruth Bryce, a 34th Combat Communications Squadron cyber transport journeyman, was selected for a one-year permissive temporary duty assignment in support of the Air Force's premier entertainment-showcase, Tops in Blue.After the tryouts, Airman Bryce returned to her unit where she

  • 72nd MDG Airman will tour with Tops

    A little song goes a long way for Senior Airman Jessica Cunningham, 72nd Medical Group.In March, she will begin a year-long tour with other new members of the 2012 Tops in Blue team. They will have two months of staging in San Antonio, then hit the road running as they begin touring the world.

  • Save the date: Pre-deployment Family Retreat set for April 13-15

    Research shows deployments have damaged military marriages. Divorce rates among active duty members have increased significantly due, in part, to multiple deployments and the tempo of deployments. To help combat this negative trend, the Office of the Secretary of Defense has authorized the use of

  • Flight Controllers beat Bobbleheads in intramural hoops

    The Flight Controllers sure know how to start an intramural basketball season. Just days after winning the first game of the season, the Flight Controllers took on and beat the 552nd AMXS "Bobbleheads" Feb. 13 at the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center main gymnasium. They won 44-33."We did alright,

  • Severe weather can strike at any time, are you prepared?

    There are few words in the English language that bring about as much concern as the word "tornado." Of all nature's moods, this is perhaps the most violent. Though not as large-scale as a hurricane, or as long-lived as a Nor'easter, this particular severe weather event has occurred in every state,