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  • Tinker Hawks upset Canadian Forces 7-3

    Tinker Hawks A and Canadian Forces -- archrivals in the Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League Division III -- faced off April 5 at the Blazers Ice Centre. A gritty performance carried the Hawks to a 7-3 win over the league-leading CAF squad. "We always have a tight game against these guys. They are at

  • Tinker team molds, installs metal for hobbled Ellsworth B-1B bomber

    A team of bomber repair experts from the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group are at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., with custom-made parts to undertake one of the more complicated B-1B repair projects in recent history. The special repair mission is the result of a faulty maintenance stand that fell,

  • $44 million in stimulus headed to Tinker from Recovery and Reinvestment Act

    The Department of Defense released an expenditure plan March 20 and Tinker could receive up to $44 million of the approximate $7.4 billion provided to the Department under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Base civil engineers received approval for 42 of the 71 projects submitted

  • Quick thinking team uses AED to save man’s life

    March 19 began just like any other day at the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center. By 10:40 a.m. the fitness center was alive with people getting in a mid-morning workout. Then, in their midst, a single life stopped for two minutes. What could have been a tragedy ended with a life-saving effort. The

  • Team prepared to roll out the ‘red carpet’

    There is no room for surprises for the Red Carpet Planning Committee. Their job is to be in the know and in the now. Working by the adage, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression," the committee ensures an Air Force Inspector General's needs are met before and during a visit,

  • Big audit on the horizon for ALC

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center will undergo an external surveillance and registration audit April 20-24. The audit is to ensure OC-ALC continues to be in conformance with AS9100 and AS9110, aerospace management system standards. Auditors from QMI-SAI Global, an assessment, verification, and

  • Equal opportunity office moving

    On May 1, the Equal Opportunity Office will move from Bldg. 3001 to Bldg. 201E. All telephone and fax numbers will remain the same. The new mailing address will be: OC-ALC/EO, 7751 1st St., Bldg 201E, Tinker AFB, OK 73145. Designated customer parking will be located on the east side of Bldg 201E,

  • Top Air Force chaplain visits Tinker

    His message was simple. "PRAY," said Chap. Brig. Gen. David Cyr, guest speaker at the National Prayer Luncheon held March 24 at the Tinker Club. Standing before nearly 330 guests, the Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains introduced his message with a familiar Air Force concept, an acronym. "PRAY," he

  • Congresswoman Fallin visits to chat with WOMeN

    Congresswoman Mary Fallin spoke recently at the Women's Officers' Mentoring Network Meeting at Tinker. The congresswomen spoke and answered questions during an hour-long session attended by 40 women and "one brave man," said Capt. Dyan Gibbens of the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing. "She is an

  • 965th AACS welcomes new commander

    Lt. Col. Jimmy Warren took command of the 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron March 23. Colonel Warren was formerly the director of operations for the 552nd Operations Support Squadron. Colonel Warren took over the Golden Falcons with the departure of Lt. Col. Andreas Forstner. The change of command