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  • Celebrating July 4th with safety

    During the Fourth of July holiday, families and neighborhoods gather to enjoy each other's company. Swimming and barbecues mix with sparklers and fireworks, but along with the fun of these shared holiday festivities comes danger. That danger is what has base leadership, safety and emergency

  • Tinker, AFMC Gain Workforce Positions in 2009 Force Structure Adjustment

    Tinker Air Force Base and Air Force Materiel Command will gain significant manpower as a result of Air Force adjustments aimed at providing unsurpassed Global Vigilance, Global Reach and Global Power. The 2009 Force Structure Announcement, just released, shows Tinker gaining 250 military and

  • Web site opens for Post-9/11 GI bill

    It's official. The Defense Department signed off June 22 on policies and procedures servicemembers will use to transfer their unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouses or children, a Pentagon official said June 23. Eligible servicemembers will be able to register their immediate family

  • Ground broken for new Tinker clinic

    Ground was ceremoniously broken June 15. Across from Gott Gate, between Coddling Road and the Hill Conference Center, state, city and Tinker officials welcomed the start of new construction and plans for a 170,000-square-foot medical facility. Held on a Monday morning when rains threatened to break

  • Col. Wertz will lead 498th MSUG

    Col. James L. "Pee Wee" Wertz, a combat veteran with more than 150 combat missions to his credit, took command June 19 of the Tinker-based 498th Missile Sustainment Group, succeeding Col. John B. Parkes. "He's a proven warrior" and "a take charge officer," said Col. Richard Stuckey, commander of the

  • Col. Torick takes lead at 827th ACSG

    Col. Robert Torick Jr. succeeded Col. James Nally as the 827th Aircraft Sustainment Group commander June 17. During the change of command ceremony held at the Tinker Club June 17, Col. Paul Waugh, 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing commander and presiding officer, offered one piece of advice to the new

  • Assistance available for local fire victims

    Disaster assistance is now available for those living in Carter, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma, Payne and Stephens counties who sustained damage due to wildfires April 9-12. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's toll-free application telephone number is now operational for

  • Action Line: Gate’s tall grass

    Q: The grass on the roadside driving into Tinker by way of the Hruskocy Gate has become a big eyesore. It is at least three feet tall right now and getting taller every day. Do you know who has the responsibility of mowing this area? I believe a beautiful entrance to our facility is very important

  • Finance program speeds PCS paperwork

    New arrivals here will soon be able to in-process with the base finance office using the Permanent Change of Station In-Processing System, or PiPS, a Web-based financial system which provides general PCS in-processing information and discusses PCS travel entitlement and military pay entitlements. A