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  • 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

  • Iron Kids: Sherwin family brings home medals from national event

    Colonel and Mrs. Charles Sherwin took their five children to West Des Moines, Iowa, recently for to the IronKids National Championship. The Edmond family returned home with a van full of trophies and memories."It was awesome!" gushed Victoria Sherwin.IronKids is the children's equivalent of the

  • Treasure your chest

    October has been designated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual international health campaign designed to raise awareness of breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, there will be 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer, 57,650 new cases of non-invasive

  • 20 minutes can help save a life

    In 2006, I was diagnosed with advanced Acute Myeloid Leukemia. I endured several sessions of chemotherapy before going into remission. Fortunately, my brother, Navy Petty Officer First Class (Retired) Daniel Figueiredo was an eligible donor with a 100 percent match. I am a bone marrow recipient.

  • Air Force looks to improve AWACS capabilities

    A team at the Electronic Systems Center, working in conjunction with the Boeing Co. and personnel from several Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Army bases, is working to get important warfighter-requested capabilities onto the AWACS platform. During a proof-of-concept demonstration at Tinker Air