Sign up now for annual feud

All base squadrons, units, groups, divisions -- both Air Force and Navy -- are invited to participate in the 2009 Team Tinker Family Feud challenge. The annual event starts at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Tinker Club. Entry deadline is Oct. 29 at noon. Five-person teams will compete for cash prizes:

Passing fancy

Tinker boxer ranked nationally

Tinker Boxer James Barber was recently ranked No. 10 by U.S. Boxing Federation in the lightweight classification. "This is an outstanding for him personally and our Tinker Boxing Club organization," said Lavell Sims, Tinker Boxing Club head coach. "I have learned to be a better boxer due to my

ORI approaching

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