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  • National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans honors local heroes

    Approximately 100 people attended the National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Feb. 12 at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The annual event drew in an ex prisoner-of-war, Blue Star Mothers, a member of the Military Order of the Cootie, plus speeches from Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Jari

  • Tinker ALS graduates ‘all in’

    Whether you're aware or not, Tinker is in the business of making leaders. And fortunately for the junior enlisted on base, the cadre at the Airman Leadership School take their business seriously. With each class that graduates from the Tinker ALS, another group of capable senior airmen and junior

  • Space Camp scholarships available

    ir Force Services Child and Youth Programs is sponsoring the Air Force Space Camp Program at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. The camp is scheduled to be conducted July 25-30. The center is the premier provider of authentic, inspiring and entertaining educational experiences in

  • Gym Rats put the SHO on ice

    In the classic matchup between good and evil, it was the darkly-clad team -- seemingly evil -- that ruled the court Tuesday night. If the flag football championships of last December were any indicator of things to come, then the title-holding Gym Rats could be riding high going into the intramural

  • Nordiques rebound from loss, put away Yettis

    Although it was a Sunday, the Nordiques were all business. And if last week's loss was a disruption of the norm, then the Nordiques didn't show any lingering defects this week. Facing a short bench of substitutes, the Nordiques still powered their way over the Rabid Yettis 6-4 Feb. 14, and improved

  • AFMC units partner to supply receivers, to keep B-1s flying

    Units from across Air Force Materiel Command banded together recently to stock more of a critical avionics part that will keep B-1s flying.During the first phase of the Repair Network Integration initiative, AFMC's logistics division studied the process in which B-1 Bomber Band 4-8 receivers are

  • Deployed Tinker Airman helps keep E-3 Sentry aircraft flying

    When it comes to keeping the E-3 Sentry aircraft flying combat missions in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, Senior Airman Robert Kirby, an instrument and flight control systems journeyman, maintains the airborne warning and control system aircraft so it's fully mission capable every time.The

  • Transformation expert makes regular visits, eyes productivity

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center's mission is to "deliver and sustain air power ... anytime, anyplace," and the transformation process is helping them achieve that goal more efficiently. Don Doles, a retired executive from the Danaher Corporation and an expert on transformation and process