Tinker Sailor supports Blazers

Jeff Migdal, a Sailor with Fleet Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR at Tinker, recently came to the rescue of the local minor league hockey team. After one of the Oklahoma City Blazers' regular goalies had to leave the team due to a family emergency, Migdal got a call from the head coach asking him to

Tinker Hawks skate past P-Men

The Tinker Can Am Hawks continued their winning ways with a 4-3 victory over the pesky P-Men in Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League Division II action at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena on March 15. The Hawks came into the contest clinging to a one point lead in the standings and were looking to keep their

Gen. Hoffman visits Tinker

The commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, Gen. Donald Hoffman, will hold a Town Hall meeting at 10 a.m. March 13. The meeting will be held at the Tinker Theater. Seating has been allocated for the event by unit. Shuttle service is available from Bldg. 3001 and Bldg. 478 starting at 8:45 a.m.

AMC logistics director visits Tinker

Fuels going green

An estimated $1 million project to construct a new alternative fuels station is in the works here, according to the 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron. If approved by the Defense Energy Support Center, the proposed service station would house four, 12,000 gallon above-ground tanks containing

5th MRS mission: improve Air Force

They work by the Latin phrase, "A posse ad esse," meaning "from possibility to reality." Situated in Bldg. 201W, 5th Manpower Requirements Squadron personnel spend day-in and day-out ensuring the Air Force runs as efficiently as possible. And, despite the sometimes unpleasant reality 5th MRS

Tower crew averts aircraft disaster

Experience and alertness prevented a dangerous situation from turning deadly with the landing of a multi-million dollar RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base on Feb. 13. At the end of a 24-hour flight from overseas deployment, the aircraft diverted from its snow-bound home base

Moving up, employee enhancement graduates new class

Nearly 60 graduates of the Employee Enhancement Program are taking their leadership training experience back to the workplace following their graduation this week. The year-long program is designed to give workers at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center basic leadership skills and a broader view

76th MXW announces quarterly 6S award winners

The 76th Maintenance Wing held a 6S quarterly awards recognition breakfast at the base restaurant in Bldg. 3001 March 3. Presenting the awards were Brig. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, 76th MXW commander, and James Patterson, 76th MXW deputy director. Walking off with first-place in the industrial division

Keeping the plant running

The 76th Maintenance Support Squadron's Equipment Engineering Office is not a well-known unit on base. But, the organization's mission is vital to the Air Force. The unit, made up of nearly 20 personnel, manages approximately 10,000 pieces of industrial plant equipment, or IPE, for the 76th