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  • Gym Rats defeat Jammers in intramural basketball

    It was quite the intramural basketball game. At 5:30 p.m. March 1, the Jammers and Gym Rats faced off at Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center gymnasium. Though the Gym Rats ultimately won by 20 points, it wasn't obvious who'd win the intense and fierce Small Squadron Division match-up. The Jammers

  • Center strives to improve B-52 PDM line

    The Oklahoma City-Air Logistics Center conducted a value stream analysis on the B-52 Stratofortress periodic depot maintenance line last week in an effort to continually improve their processes. This bomber aircraft has been in the Air Force inventory for 56 years, and for the majority of that time,

  • Changes set for reopening of Tinker Gate

    An exciting day for Tinker commuters is scheduled for March 7. The Tinker Gate and the new Pass and ID building are set to open after being closed in 2010 for construction.The project brought Tinker Gate (Gate 1) into further compliance with anti-terrorism/force protection guidance.The new gate

  • 72nd ABW/SC introduces operations center

    The 72nd Communications Directorate is going from "good to great."Last fall, the directorate started to introduce the concept of an operations center to better the Tinker user experience. The first iteration of this concept was the institution of daily SC operations updates, a recurring meeting

  • Streamlining benefits a priority

    The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered to create a program to streamline the evaluation and benefits processes for all military veterans wounded, ill or injured on active duty. By combining the medical evaluation process, the Integrated Disability Evaluation

  • Honor guard goes extra mile

    Tinker Honor Guard members recently went "above and beyond" to fulfill their call of duty. On Feb. 12 the Tinker Honor Guard covered a record of nine different funerals in a single day."The most we had before were seven functions in one day. This is the first time we've ever had that many funerals

  • Are you Tornado ready?

    There are few words in the English language that bring about as much concern as the word "tornado." Of all nature's moods, this is perhaps the most violent. Though not as large-scale as a hurricane, or as long-lived as a Nor'easter, this particular severe weather event has occurred in every state,

  • Online personnel services limited during migration

    Air Force customers will have limited access to online personnel information and applications until Feb. 27 while officials here migrate the Air Force Personnel Services website and knowledge management platform to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Enterprise Computing Center. During this

  • What's the status

    Tinker is improving the way it delivers base operating status messages. During significant weather events or other emergencies, Tinker's status will be posted on Tinker's Twitter feed and Facebook page. "We realize that the communication systems we have in place need to be improved. By providing