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  • Tinker takes third in conference tourney

    In the end it was just two points that finished the season for the Tinker Hawks basketball team. Out of the hundreds they'd scored throughout the season, a meager two brought it all to a close April 4 at the Southwest Conference Championship Tournament at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. But those

  • Security Forces punts Reserve White

    The Security Forces Squadron flag football team struck early Tuesday night against Reserve White, but the game was far from over. But in the end it was the SFS's stifling defense and poor execution on Reserve White's part that decided the game. On a barren, dusty football pitch that would look more

  • Tinker’s 3rd Herd set to host AFSPC ‘Combat Challenge’

    Even as approximately 17 percent of its Airmen are busy providing deployable communications in austere locations around the world, several other members of the 3rd Combat Communications Group are preparing to host and compete in the upcoming "Combat Challenge" April 16-19 at Tinker Air Force Base.

  • AFAF: Airmen supporting each other

    It's a well-known fact that the Air Force takes care of its own. Each year that ethos is reinforced, in part, by donations of numerous individuals all focused on one goal: helping out their fellow Airmen in need.Since its inception, the Air Force has instituted its official charity, the Air Force

  • SCW-1 petty officer is Sailor of the Year

    The Naval Air Forces commander announced the 2010 Pacific Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year during a ceremony March 12 at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.Petty Officer 1st Class Llewellyn Giles, Strategic Communications Wing ONE, based at Tinker, was named the 2010 U.S. Pacific Shore Sailor of

  • Two gates to undergo major construction

    Two Tinker gates are set to close for long durations for construction projects. Tinker Gate, at North Air Depot Boulevard and Interstate 40, is scheduled to close during the week of April 19. Midwest Boulevard Gate, on South Midwest Boulevard and north of Southeast 74th Street, is scheduled to close

  • 963rd ‘Blue Knights’ welcome new leader

    On a blustery, sunny Oklahoma day, Lt. Col. George Wilson assumed command of the 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron.In the hangar of Bldg. 289, Col. George Carpenter, 552nd Operations Group commander, presided over the change of command. Colonel Wilson succeeded Lt. Col. Robert Haines, who is