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  • Greening Tinker: Earth Month priorities

    April 22 is Earth Day and the remaining 29 days in the month are designated "Earth Month," a time aimed to encourage understanding and appreciation for the Earth's native surroundings. At Tinker, officials said Earth Month and Day are a time to practice conservation and plan for the future."When

  • AFMC surveys workforce to gauge interest in early retirement, separation

    Air Force Materiel Command will survey its civilian workforce beginning May 1, to determine how many individuals would be interested in applying for a fiscal year 2011/12 VERA/VSIP incentive program. VERA/VSIP stands for Voluntary Early Retirement Authority/Voluntary Separation Incentive Program.

  • 76th SMXG puts VPP, safety first

    The Voluntary Protection Program is not "just another initiative" to the 76th Software Maintenance Group/76th Maintenance Wing Staff Offices. It's a daily "way of life" and, when used with the wingman concept, the organization is changing the face of workplace safety to protect the workforce; the

  • Adding ‘Spice’ ruins careers

    Chances are, if you use, you will lose.Spice, an "herbal smoking mixture" with synthetic cannabis, was recently classified as a "Schedule 1 substance" on the Drug Enforcement Administration's Controlled Substance Act. Therefore, if the Air Force conducts a urinalysis test and Spice is found, the

  • Tinker agencies say ‘thank you’ to Honor Guard with luncheon

    Eleven years ago, 10-year-old Jared Klinger attended the funeral of his maternal grandfather. There, he said he saw Sailors perform military funeral honors and it not only captured his attention, but he wanted to be a part of it. For the past eight months, Airman 1st Class Klinger has fulfilled that

  • 566th AMXS saves KC-135 flow days by standardizing processes on the floor

    They did it again. The 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Disassembly and Cleaning Section has once again reduced the time required to strip paint from a KC-135 Stratotanker. The reduction in flow days was actually the result of a four-month transformation effort facilitated by Steven Foster from

  • Greening Tinker: Base holds creek clean-up

    Teaching man to fish can feed him for a lifetime and so can caring for the water those fish live-in. In support of Tinker's Earth Month activities, volunteers from civil engineering fanned out April 7 and 8 along base waterways armed with knowledge and heavy duty trash bags to care for Tinker's

  • Airmen devote time to tidying up air park

    Two organizations on base joined to create a new program called Air Park Clean-Up. Network 56, a professional organization for staff and technical sergeants, and the Junior Enlisted Council, a group that provides a supportive link between all enlisted members who belong to the airmen tier, came

  • Wildfire threat calls for extra precautions

    Wildfires continue to be a threat. While these firestorms can wreak major devastation, there are a few things homeowners can do to reduce the risk and be prepared when fire strikes.DoAbide by and be aware of burn bans. Burn ban information on all counties in Oklahoma can be found at

  • DISA employees win major award

    At the annual DISA 2010 Awards Ceremony held April 7 in Washington, D.C,. local Defense Information Systems Agency employees won the award for Outstanding Achievement in the Computer/Computer Software Field. The five members of the Defense Enterprise Computing Center, Oklahoma City Unisys Technical