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  • Tinker B-1 team earns DOD award

    The B-1 System Program Office team has received a Department of Defense Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages 2008 Achievement Award. The award was presented Sept. 23, at the annual DMSMS Conference in Palm Springs, Calif. In the last eighteen months, the B-1 team exhibited

  • National Save-A-Life tour makes and impact

    The National Save-A-Life Tour recently visited Tinker in hopes of bringing more awareness of drinking and driving to base members. The tour is designed as a new shocking approach to drinking and driving awareness with a video of true events, personal stories of the loss of loved ones along with a

  • October Domestic Violence Prevention Month

    The Tinker Family Advocacy Center is acknowledging October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. What is domestic violence? Domestic violence is defined by law enforcement as "threatening, causing, or attempting to cause serious physical harm between family or household members." Domestic violence

  • Tinker aims to light the way in energy savings

    Tinker is the largest energy consumer in the Air Force, but ranks third in how much is spent on energy. In efforts to keep Tinker from becoming the base that spends the most on its energy, Tinker and Air Force officials are promoting a new motto - "Secure today's energy, fuel tomorrow's mission."

  • Big IDEAS: Maintenance workers awarded for innovations

    Work can be a challenge. But, by taking what's challenging and improving it, service members and civilians in the Air Force are creating a whole new working environment, and submitting IDEAs. Two $10,000 awards were handed out for IDEA initiatives in the 76th Maintenance Wing recently. "The

  • What is 6S? 'The Garage Project'

    Editor's note: This is the first in a series on simplifiying the meaning of 6S. Saving time and working more efficiently should be the goal of any large organization, especially one trusted with part of the nation's safety and tax dollars. To live up to their own high standards, the Air Force

  • 24-hour Tinkering: Maintenance around-the-clock

    For many Tinker personnel, retreat signals the end of the workday. For the 76th Maintenance Wing swing and graveyard shifters, it's just the start of their operations. Swing and graveyard shifters often continue projects started by their daytime counterparts. Working tirelessly throughout the night,

  • Runway safety a top priority for Airfield Management

    Unauthorized runway incursions are receiving high-level attention by both the Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration. A runway incursion is any unauthorized presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and take-off of aircraft. The