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  • Tinker Officers’ Spouses’ Club hands out 8 scholarships

    On May 13 the Tinker Officers' Spouses' Club presented eight scholarships totaling more than $8,000 to seven high school graduates and one military spouse. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Col. Allen Jamerson, 72nd Air Base Wing commander, praised the students for their academic efforts.

  • Summer Camp sign-up under way

    Registration for the 2009 Summer Camp Program in now under way at the Tinker Youth Center. The camp program consists of 12 sessions, which began May 22 and run through Aug. 24. This program is for children and youth who have completed kindergarten through sixth grade. Parents must bring the

  • Customer Appreciation Week starts Sunday

    The 72nd Force Support Squadron has set next week aside as Customer Appreciation Week. The week is dedicated to customers as a way of saying "thank you" for choosing the 72nd FSS. During Customer Appreciation Week, several 72nd FSS facilities will have daily specials. Customers can also enter a

  • Exchanges pull Hydroxycut diet supplement from shelves

     A recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning to consumers has prompted military exchanges to remove the diet supplement Hydroxycut from store shelves, officials in Washington, D.C., said May 5. Military exchange officials contacted May 5 confirmed that Hydroxycut products, used by dieters and

  • Heat kills children left in cars, 3 already this year

    What made a 21-year old Washington mother leave her baby boy in a car while she was at work for seven hours? The incident, which claimed the life of 1-year-old Joshua Michael Delacruz, is still under investigation. In April, Joshua joined the ranks of 418 young children in the U.S. who have died

  • Know the warning signs of alcohol abuse

    Summer is coming upon us rapidly and with it come outdoor sports, barbecues and lazy days along the water, or maybe not. Summer for military members usually means outdoor exercises, making permanent changes of station and hectic days preparing for inspections. Since the events of Sept. 11, 2001,

  • 72nd Med Group blanks 38th EIG 4-0

    The 2009 Intramural Soccer playoffs are in full swing. The 72nd Medical Group took another step toward their championship goal with a 4-0 shutout of the 38th Engineering Installation Group on May 20 at the Airman Leadership School Soccer Field. 72nd Med Group assistant coach and striker Michael

  • 552nd flies by the 10,000 hour mark during deployment

    During their latest deployment to Southwest Asia, the 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron helped the 552nd Air Control Wing surpass the 10,000 flying-hour mark since the E-3 AWACS returned to the desert in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom in March 2007. "This is a

  • KC-135 process improvement success

    In early May, a team of Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center personnel spent a week researching the KC-135 Stratotanker enterprise depot maintenance process here. The ultimate goal, while producing a comprehensive current-state value-stream map, was to reduce the number of KC-135 programmed depot

  • Three Tinker men earn award for innovation of the year

    In the past three years, three sheet metal mechanics submitted an idea to the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program. They suggested a method to fix the KC-135's damaged elevators. Their efforts were recognized as they saved the Air Force at least $3.5 million and brought in a new