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  • Lizards win two in intramural volleyball

    It was the first intramural volleyball match of the afternoon. The league's second-place Leaping Lizards White was up against Fun for All, eighth in the standings. After 15 minutes of warm-up, the teams took to the court at the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center main gymnasium Oct. 18. Despite a

  • Air Force building the future force

     Changes are coming to the Air Force and officials are working with the Department of Defense to prioritize current and future resources as part of a national priority to reduce spending. In the spring of 2010 the Defense Department began a comprehensive effort to increase efficiencies, reduce

  • AFMC vice commander visits Tinker

    Air Force Materiel Command's new vice commander is optimistic about the command's future, despite the fiscal challenges facing the Air Force and Department of Defense.During his first visit here as AFMC vice commander Oct. 5-6, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II said that -- although reducing defense spending

  • AF ban on USBs still in effect

    If you plug a smartphone or a thumb drive into a government computer at Tinker Air Force Base, the odds it will be noticed and you will receive a warning are incredibly high. You will be violating the USB Banned Policy -- an Air Force-wide policy enforced at Tinker. These policies aren't anything

  • Tinker’s KC-135 SPO wraps up GATM; benefits fleet, warfighter

    With today's ever-evolving technology, the global requirements for airborne communications, surveillance, and air traffic management are constantly changing. In spite of those changes, officials said the dedicated Tinker KC-135 System Program Office team has kept the 50-year old KC-135 fleet of 417

  • Energy use sees steady reduction, still room to improve

    Energy usage at Tinker Air Force Base has been reduced by a significant amount in recent years. Water consumption, though, which had shrunk by more than one-fourth, soared this year to previous levels.Congressional mandates and executive orders require significant increases in energy and water

  • Youth Center participates in wind energy experiment

    They thought like engineers and performed like subject-matter experts.Approximately 15 elementary school-aged adolescents gathered around tables in a Youth Center classroom Oct. 5 to participate in the 4-H 2011 National Science Experiment, "Wired for Wind." The youths designed and built two types of

  • 162 Airmen to graduate from CCAF

    The 2011 Fall Community College of the Air Force graduation will take place at 2 p.m. Oct. 21 at the base theater. More than 160 of the newest CCAF graduates will be honored. The graduates -- representing all six Air Force commands at Tinker -- achieved a total of 177 Associate's in Applied Science

  • Tinker Bell’s Wardrobe opens at A&FRC

    Tinker Bell's Wardrobe, located in the Airman and Family Readiness Center, is operated by volunteer members of the Tinker Enlisted Spouses Network.Tinker Bell's Wardrobe is designed to provide enlisted spouses of active duty and Reserve military members, ranked E-6 and below, with an opportunity to