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Tinker certified as a healthy community

Long-term efforts to instill healthy habits among civilian and military personnel at Tinker Air Force Base are succeeding, gradually but progressively.The Oklahoma Turning Point Council recently certified Tinker as a "healthy community," recognition that the Air Force base is "a healthy place to

Tinker Airman to box in Armed Forces Championship

An enlisted man from Tinker AFB is the Air Force-wide boxing champ in his weight class, and will compete next week against pugilists from other branches of the armed services.Daniel Logan became the All Air Force boxing champ at 165 pounds during competition held last week at Fort Sam Houston,

Wingman spirit resonates outside of Tinker’s gates

What began as a typical Tuesday evening ended with several acts of bravery, three arrests and the wingman spirit resonating through the streets of Oklahoma City.Five Southern Nazarene University students, four of whom are associated with Tinker, caught three robbers just moments after they broke

Tinker now has a 24/7 Domestic Abuse Hotline

Tinker Air Force Base has a new Domestic Abuse Hotline.The hotline -- available 24 hours a day, seven days a week -- is voluntary and confidential. Victims can call anonymously and have questions answered without disclosing identifying information about themselves or their partner. The hotline will

Air Force introduces voluntary energy training course online

You, too, can do moreThe Air Force recently released an online voluntary energy awareness training module. Available to personnel with a common access card, the Air Force Energy Awareness Course is found on the Advanced Distributed Learning Service Gateway's Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency,

You fight for the right, so cast your ballots

State primary elections have begun and the Federal Voting Assistance Program has geared up to help military and U.S. citizens register to vote and request their ballots for absentee voting in the primaries over the next few months and the general election on Nov. 6 of this year.The 2012-13 voting

Alert employees honored after taking action during suspicious encounter

Tinker lucked out. A recent incident which could have resulted in tragedy and disaster was averted through a mix of vigilance and chance. 76th Maintenance Wing senior leaders praised the efforts of those involved.The event began with an individual who entered Bldg. 9001 carrying a bag with

552nd ACW announces annual award winners

Nine military and civilian personnel were honored during the 552nd Air Control Wing's annual awards banquet Jan. 20 at the Tinker Club.The award winners are:· Airman: Senior Airman Nicolas Craven, 726th ACS· Noncommissioned Officer: Staff Sgt. Kevin Archer, 552nd OSS· Senior Noncommissioned Officer:

12th AF commander, chief to visit Tinker, Feb. 1-3

Lt. Gen. Robin Rand, 12th Air Force commander, and his command chief master sergeant, Chief Master Sgt. Gerardo Tapia Jr., will pay their first visit to Tinker Air Force Base Feb. 1-3, after taking over the top two leadership positions within the command late last year.Both senior leaders will spend