Buddy Holly recording now fixed to Tinker with help of local historian

The old Tinker club, now a warehouse, is quickly becoming famous for housing the acoustics Buddy Holly thought would be great for his song "Maybe Baby." Last week, Buddy Holly historian, Graham Pugh of Choctaw, Okla. returned the original plaque commemorating the only Top-10 rock hit recorded on an

DOG-gone: military working dog Sonja leaves Team Tinker

Dogs are man's best friend, unless you are Military Working Dog Sonja. She is something more. She is also a wingman and now she's retiring. At the young age of 11, Sonja finished her Air Force career Monday. She has been a member of the Tinker family since January 1999, her entire life as a working

552nd Airman wins constitutional essay contest

"Should the Electoral College be abolished?" That is the question that Airman 1st Class Taj V. Preciado, 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron, answered in a 250-word essay to win a $2,000 scholarship from Park University. Park University sponsored the essay contest as part of its celebration of

Airman Leadership School graduates

More than 50 students in Class 09-B graduated from Tinker's Airman Leadership School recently. Graduates are: 18th Operations Support Squadron Senior Airman Nicole Robinson, Distinguished Graduate Award 31st Combat Communications Squdron Staff Sgt. Dale Hoipkemier Staff Sgt. Daniel Ives, John L.

Wing members first graduates in program

 Fifteen members of the 76th Maintenance Wing recently became the first graduating class of a Master's Degree program in Aerospace Administration and Logistics that was given in partnership with Southeastern Oklahoma State University here. The 76th MXW's training office began the program to offer

Holiday Card competition

Tinker bowler inducted into Oklahoma City Hall of Fame

A highlight on the Tinker sports scene took place recently when a base bowler was inducted into the Oklahoma City Bowling Hall of Fame. Rhonda F. Wright, logistics management specialist with the 848th Supply Chain Management Group, received the honor for her lifelong accomplishments within the

Bowler rolls perfect game on base lanes

Longtime bowler William Perrott felt the jubilation and excitement of bowling a perfect game Dec. 3 at the Tinker Bowling Center. Perrott, who has been perfecting his craft for the past 30 years, rolled the 300 game on lanes seven and eight during week 14 of the highly competitive Commanders Trophy

Air Force aims to save by asking all Airmen to clean up

 Standard "levels of service" are being implemented across three Air Force contracts. The new levels of service are effective immediately and must be fully implemented in all contracts by the start of fiscal 2010. Many of the changes had already been implemented at Tinker, and most of the rest will

Command nominates Tinker for excellence

Tinker has been selected by the Air Force Materiel Command to compete for the 2009 Commander-in-Chief's Annual Awards for Installation Excellence. Team Tinker will now compete against other commands' nominees for the award. A board will review the nominations and select two finalists. Once that