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  • Med Group opens flu clinic

    The 72nd Medical Group opened a Flu Clinic this week in anticipation of the annual autumn flu season and the potential effects of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus that appeared earlier this year. The clinic, located in the Med Group's old Orthopedic Clinic near the pharmacy, is open to all Active duty,

  • Safety inspectors protect mechanics, workflow

    If you think flying airplanes is dangerous, try working on them. "We've had several work-related fatalities in the Air Force maintenance community over the last few years," says Mike Ward, supervisor for the 72nd ABW Aircraft Safety Office. "Fortunately, we have not had any here." Keeping it that

  • KC-135E tanker set to retire

    This model showed her legs on the runway to a small crowd of admirers one last time before retiring at the age of 51. But the runway wasn't in the limelight of fashionable New York or Paris. It was under the hot Arizona sun of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the adjacent 309th Aerospace Maintenance

  • Acquisition roadshow comes to Tinker

    Acquisitions are a hot topic in Washington, D.C., And, while some Tinker personnel may think those issues originated here, an acquisitions expert said that is not the case. On Sept. 16, Lt. Gen. Mark Shackelford, Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, dispelled rumors

  • Tinker cemetery’s land-rush legacy

    It is the site of a city never built and its only residents are the dead. Few people passing in and out of the Tinker Gate realize that tucked in a nearby corner of the base behind a line of small hedges is the site of a multi-family cemetery, the only remnant of a religious community. "A lot of

  • Commander’s Action Line: Turn out the lights

    Q: I was wondering if we could start a campaign for people to turn off lights in rooms that they are no longer using -- simply put little signs on the wall above the light switch? As an adult I now understand my father always saying "turn those lights off, if you had to pay the electric bill..." I

  • Financial challenge as fiscal year closes

    The end of the fiscal year is just around the corner. And, while Sept. 30 may conjure ideas of stress, anxiety and panic, officials said that won't be the case this year. They're ready. The 72nd Comptroller Squadron, 72nd Contracting Squadron, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Financial Management

  • Roadmap laid out for success in ORI

    The Operations Readiness Inspection is 35 days away and in advance of the Inspector General's visit, the 72nd Air Base Wing Plans and Programs office has a few tips for everyone to remember. This is the second in a series of articles to be published leading up to the inspection. Simulations: · Due

  • Airfield busy business

    A foreign C-130 Hercules needs to clear customs. Maintenance crews need help cleaning the tarmac of hydraulic fluid leaking from a B-1. A captured Red-tailed Hawk needs relocation. And a pair of Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16s diverting from Tulsa need to "gas and go." Meeting those needs is just

  • Inspection crews keep buildings safe, help find maintenance problems, fixes

    On a Tuesday afternoon, several individuals dressed in khaki "facility inspection" cargo vests and white hard-hats, boarded a white Tinker van. But don't categorize these individuals with the bad guys, said Harold Keck, 72nd Civil Engineering Directorate Maintenance Engineering Section chief. They