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  • Troops’ investment pays off for Tinker programs

    While many retailers struggled or even closed their doors in 2008, the exchange benefit continued to pay dividends for military families. Strong sales and earnings at Army and Air Force Exchange Service facilities, the Exchange Online Store and Exchange Catalogs helped deliver more than $260 million

  • Health Fair to highlight May Fitness Month activities

     May is a month filled with new energy and the anticipation of spring and summer fun. People get off the couch and work their way into outdoor activities. Not only are the flowers in bloom, the grass turns a luscious green and people's mental and physical awareness also seems to get a jump start.

  • Tinker runners to participate in Boston Marathon

    On Monday, two Tinker runners will run in the 113th Boston Marathon. "This is my first time qualifying for the marathon," said Bruce Layne. "I am really excited." Layne and Danny Ponder are integral members of the Tinker Running Club and have run in events all year to prepare for the grueling

  • 38th EIG strikes past 31st Atomic Dogs 3-1

    The spring winds hit the soccer pitch at the Airman Leadership School Field on April 9 as the 38th Engineering Installation Group and 31st Combat Communications Squadron Atomic Dogs tested their skills against each other. The 38th EIG prevailed with a 3-1 win. The 38th EIG got on the score sheet

  • Tinker operation meant to catch drug users off guard

    Flashing lights, special agents and military working dogs manned checkpoints near a Tinker gate, late April 3 into the morning hours of April 4, during an operation where vehicles were searched and Airmen screened for alcohol and drugs. Operation Nighthawk lasted nearly six hours. It is a tool used

  • CRS class prepares 3rd Herd for deployment

    It was the morning after a thunderstorm and before the sun rose. Outside the complex, cars rushed on city streets illuminated by streetlamps and headlights. But at Glenwood Training Annex, just north of Tinker Air Force Base off of Southeast 29th Street, the scene was deceptively serene. No outside

  • Actors play to the crowd, educating on sexual assault

    The audience yelled at the actors on stage. "Go easy," one Airman shouted. "Let him have it," yelled another. The actors weren't reciting badly-written lines or even well-written Shakespeare to a rowdy audience. They were talking about sex. And they wanted everyone -- all 350 Airmen in the audience

  • Action Line: Questions about Hruskocy gate

    Q: I have a safety concern regarding the traffic during peak hours at the Hruskocy gate; mainly in the morning. For two weeks after the gate opened, slips of paper were handed out to drivers to use both lanes whenever possible; I guess to alleviate traffic. Since then, I've followed those