Unsung Heroes: Keeping Tinker trash free

DePLAYment program offers big benefits

Some Tinker military members are missing out on valuable benefits available to their families. And time to take advantage of those benefits is quickly running out.Anyone officially assigned to Tinker who has returned from a deployment, is currently deployed or is projected to deploy anytime from

Party Boys spoil Nordiques streak

Whether the Nordiques knew it or not, they had invisible targets on their backs from the moment they stepped on the ice Sunday. Tinker was up against the goonish Party Boys, who the Nordiques had beaten in the league championship game two consecutive years. Although it was regular season play March

Hawks basketball team takes one, drops one to Whiteman

When the Tinker Hawks walked onto the Whiteman Air Force Base basketball court March 6, their trepidation was palpable. Tinker had made the trip to Missouri for the double header with only seven players. Compared to the 15 hoopsmen that lined Whiteman's bench, it was a veritable David versus Goliath

Batter up: Tinker introduces new women’s softball team

Tis' the season to "play ball" and that's exactly what Shawn Farber said he wants the Lady Hawks to do. The Lady Hawks, a women's softball team, is a new addition to Tinker's varsity sports' roster. Comprised of approximately 15 women with a broad range of skill level and experience, the Lady Hawks

Trip to war region heightens AFMC commander's resolve

The commander of Air Force Materiel Command returned recently from a trip to Iraq and other sites in the region with an amped-up sense of responsibility to deployed Airmen who depend on his command for the supplies, parts and maintenance to get their jobs done.General Donald Hoffman had a simple

Deployed Reservist is ‘where he wants to be’

In his 14 years of active duty and Reserve time in the Air Force, Master Sgt. Paul LaFleur said where he's working right now as the chief of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Command Post is where he wants to be to "support the success of the mission."Sergeant LaFleur is an Air Force Reservist

Chapel team recognized for dedication

The day back in 2008 when Staff Sergeant Lisa Vincelette moved away from Tinker is one she will never forget. As an Air Force Reserve chaplain assistant here on temporary backfill, she had come to call the base and chapel home. Transfer orders were the last thing she wanted to read. She was

Tinker celebrates African American Heritage Month

The Tinker community arrived in droves to celebrate African-American Heritage month Feb. 24. Held in the Tinker Club ballroom, roughly 200 people attended the event to hear Oklahoma County Commissioner Willa Johnson speak about the theme, "The history of black economic empowerment." She also

72nd ABW/CE director bids farewell to Tinker

Nearly 25 years ago Gene Gallogly left Tinker and his first federal service assignment to advance his career. He had been an aerospace engineer for Materials/Structures within the B-52 Division. After 20 years away, he returned in September 2005 and became the director of the 72nd Air Base Wing