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  • Contracting Directorate welcomes director

    Imagine a family practice doctor leading the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Contracting Directorate. While it may seem like a foreign concept, metaphorically, that's how the new director sees himself.Robert Boyles has a wide breadth of experience. The retired colonel knows the ins and outs of

  • 3rd Herd unit connects comms for Secret Service

    Protection is a key mission for the United States Secret Service, and Tinker's 3rd Combat Communications Group now plays a major role in accomplishing it. After 24 years the 3rd Herd reassumed the responsibility of a two-fold Secret Service mission -- to help protect all prominent political

  • 72nd ABW honors four with Wildcatter Awards

    Col. Bob LaBrutta, 72nd Air Base Wing commander, recently honored four wing members with Wildcatter Awards.Jake Langham has performed his duties as the Safety/VPP representative for the 72nd ABW Communication Directorate since October 2008. During this time he has educated more than 400 civilians

  • Pre-deployment retreat scheduled

    Tinker Airmen who are preparing to deploy in the next six months or who have returned from deployment in the past six months will benefit from a seminar planned for them and their spouses. The second pre-deployment retreat sponsored by the chapel and the other Integrated Delivery System agencies on

  • Self-defense classes to start next month

    It only takes two or three seconds to get out of a life-threatening situation. That's all you need, a chance to catch the aggressor off guard and get away. Self defense is about surviving real life situations where there is a real risk of physical harm to you or your loved ones. Self defense can be

  • 552nd squadrons square off in intramural basketball

    It was the 552nd against the 552nd Feb. 7 at the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center gymnasium. And, the 552nd won; the 552nd OSS, that is.The large squadron intramural basketball division's 552nd AMXS and OSS played at 7:30 p.m. and while in the first few minutes it looked like it would be an even

  • Former AFMC command chief Gurney sentenced in sexual misconduct case

    The week-long court-martial of Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney, the former command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, concluded Jan. 28, with a six-member panel of male officers sentencing the chief to 20 months confinement, reduction to rank of E-1 and a dishonorable discharge for 15 violations