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  • Center to honor volunteers at annual event next month

    The Air Force celebrates its volunteers every year in April. During the wing-sponsored Volunteer Recognition Ceremony, those nominated for Angel and Volunteer Excellence Awards are acknowledged and award recipients are announced. Though nomination packages are normally due two months before the

  • OKC Thunder hosts first Military Appreciation Night

    The Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association hosted their first Military Appreciation Night March 4 at the Ford Center before a crowd of 17,654. The Tinker presence for the event was varied and well represented. "The history of Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force Base has a storied and

  • SCW-1 claims its first small squadron title

    The 2008-09 small squadron basketball championship came down to the battle of the big dogs. The reigning champion, The SHO, tested its skills against the Strategic Communications Wing ONE March 5 at the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center. The result was a thrilling 38-33 victory by SCW-1. Both teams

  • 552nd MXS captures second consecutive title

    The deciding game of the 2008-09 large squadron intramural basketball playoffs came down to a one-game playoff between the 552nd Maintenance Squadron and the 72nd Medical Group March 9. The 552nd MXS captured its second consecutive large squadron title with a 37-24 win. Kirk Sheppard, 552nd MXS

  • AFMC commander set to visit Tinker

    The commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, Gen. Donald Hoffman, is coming to Tinker. The general is slated to arrive March 11 for a two-day orientation visit. This visit will be his first to Tinker since his brief stay for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center change of command in January.

  • TACAMO community sees change of command at Tinker Feb. 27

    Capt. Dwight D. Shepherd succeeded Capt. Brian D. Costello as Strategic Communications Wing ONE and Task Force 124 commander Feb. 27 during an official change of command and retirement ceremony held at Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREE. Captain Shepherd takes command as the Take Charge and

  • CONSERVE: Tinker programs in place to save energy, resources

    Tinker Air Force Base may be among the first in the Air Force to meet federally-mandated green energy requirements when it signs an agreement this month with OG&E for the supply of wind-generated electricity. Under the agreement, OG&E will provide 7.5 percent of the base's electricity from wind

  • VPP looks out for safety hazards

    Preventing accidents before they happen is the goal of the Voluntary Protection Program's Hazard Prevention Team. It is one of several teams operating as part of the 72nd ABW VPP program at Tinker Air Force Base. And anyone can be a team member. "If anyone is interested in joining the 72nd ABW VPP

  • 552nd supports presidential visit to Peru

    In November 2008, the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron received a short-notice tasking to deploy to Peru to provide support to the president of the United States. The president was in Lima, Peru, to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Conference along with other world leaders. Due to the in-operable