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  • Tinker families celebrate Valentine’s Day, remember deployed members

    Valentine's Day came early this year for nearly 150 people at Tinker who have a family member that is deployed or who will deploy later this month. Tinker Airman and Family Readiness Center personnel hosted a special Valentine's dinner Feb. 2 for families.Held in the fellowship hall of the base

  • FitFamily takes to the skies

    Kavina Agnew knows just what she wants for her 10-year wedding anniversary. And no, it's not diamonds, furniture or a car, or even a night out at the movies with her husband, a civilian employee at Tinker. To hear her say it, it's much simpler than all that. "I tell my husband he owes me a half

  • Lady Hawks take Fort Sill shelling, drop two

    It's quite possible the Lady Hawks beat themselves on Saturday and Sunday. Facing the rough-and-tumble Fort Sill squad -- that's becoming somewhat of a mental jinx for Tinker -- the Lady Hawks had to overcome history. It's a history that showed four consecutive losses to Fort Sill. Fort Sill 58Lady

  • Hawks trade blows with Fort Sill

    Although Saturday's game was a narrow numerical victory for the Hawks, it was perhaps reason for their downfall on Sunday -- the proverbial waking of the sleeping Fort Sill giant. The Hawks came away with a close 86-81 win Feb. 6 against the Cannoneers, but it proved a pyrrhic victory for Tinker.

  • Herd Haiti bound

    Elements of the 3rd Combat Communications Group left a snow-covered Tinker for Haiti to assist in disaster relief operations Tuesday. Nearly 30 people and more than 90 tons of equipment winged their way to the earthquake-struck Caribbean country where they will assist in setting up communications

  • Veterans, school aim to train engineers

    Retired Brig.Gen. Ben Robinson says he is the product of a self-inflicted poor education.Which is surprising, considering that General Robinson is a former MIT fellow, Boeing executive and Air Force brigadier general. And now, the former commander of the 552nd Air Control Wing, is an advocate for

  • Second CheckMATE survey complete, productivity, morale central focus

    The 76th Maintenance Wing recently tallied the results from the second round of CheckMATE Q12 surveys. The study, which examines the link between morale and productivity within the workplace, proved beneficial.Dubbed "CheckMATE" by Air Force Materiel Command, the initiative provides supervisors with

  • ALC partners with GE and Egyptian air force in engine-overhaul project

    Tinker, General Electric and the Egyptian air force are collaborating in an ongoing project to overhaul Egyptian air force F110 engines. Powering F-16s fighter jets, the first two of 12 engines were completed earlier this month. The project began in July."Partnering works," said Suzan Paxton, 539th