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  • Tinker community to commemorate 9/11 with forum

    The approaching 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, affords an opportunity to recall and recount how the horrific events from that day impacted Tinker Air Force Base and the state of Oklahoma. The local chapter of the Air Force Association is holding an oral history event to

  • LOCKDOWN: property invite theft

    A young Airman scrimped and saved, skipped lunches-out and pinched pennies until he could afford the gaming laptop of his dreams. He'd wanted one for years. Now that he had a steady paycheck, with a little saving, he could finally afford one. Imagine the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach when

  • Planning ahead for maintenance

    Planning for the fiscal 2015 programmed depot maintenance workload is almost complete. That's right, almost.At Tinker, several offices work ahead of the current fiscal year. The Aircraft and Missile Requirements' process requires planning years ahead of execution. Earlier this month, the leads for

  • TACAMO recognizes quarterly winners at luncheon

    Strategic Communications Wing ONE, Oklahoma Metropolitan business leaders, Metro Area City chambers of commerce and the Navy League came together at the 50th Take Charge and Move Out Community Council Luncheon on Aug. 18, to honor the recipients of quarterly awards. The luncheon was held at the

  • Around Tinker: Cutaran named Engineer of the Year

    Joseph E. Cutaran, a project engineer in the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center's Aerospace Sustainment Directorate, B-52 Sustainment Division, received the 2010 Air Force Science Technology and Engineering Dr. Paul G. Kaminski Most Promising Systems Engineer of the Year award during a ceremony at

  • Championships close out intramural softball season

    What a way to end the intramural softball season. The 72nd SFS Defenders worked their way out of the losers' playoff bracket to win the military championship. And, the Swingers won the civilian championship -- and bragging rights --for the seventh year in a row. Thumpers Co-ed also took home the

  • First Sergeants donat table to Club

    During a Top 3 meeting back in March, the idea was brought up to showcase the heritage of each unit by refurbishing a table for the Tinker Club. Each table would display both past and present history of a unit. It is a way for an organization to show pride in both their unit and Tinker Air Force

  • Officials encourage base personnel, residents to practice water conservation

    As temperatures soared to new heights and beat old records this summer, much of the Oklahoma City metro was under a drought watch. Many at Tinker wondered if a potential water shortage applied here too.Yet, while Tinker is under no risk of a water shortage as it pulls its water from several wells on

  • AFMC road show introduces way of the future

    They disputed the claims between perception and reality using their logo, "Think real-time. Think global. Think integrated. Think ECSS" in a two-hour briefing. During a recent two-day Air Force Materiel Command kick-off road show, Expeditionary Combat Support System representatives from AFMC