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  • Three earn commander's awards

    Three members of the 72nd Air Base Wing, Rick Buschelman, John Krpovage, and LouAnna Munkres, earned Wildcatter Awards for excellence. Rick Buschelman Program Analyst 72nd Air Base Wing Inspector General Mr. Buschelman showed outstanding efforts as a Unit Self Inspection Monito. He revamped the IG

  • Tinker Hawks II down the Blues 6-3

    The Tinker Hawks II followed up on their last second victory with a dominant and complete victory over their arch-rival, Blues, 6-3 at the Blazers Ice Centre on Sunday. "These guys always play us tough and the games are very close," said Clark McClay, center for the Hawks. The first of the game came

  • Tinker Hawks 1 dismantle Blazers

    The Tinker Hawks I season has been tumultuous, but on Sunday they dismantled the Storm 12-0 at the Blazers Ice Centre. "We are looking for a breakout game. I think we are well rested and this should be a good game to see where we are at," said Brad Poarch, goaltender for the Hawks. The Hawks scored

  • Tinker boxer shines at World Amateur Championship

    The boxing skills of James Barber of the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron was on display at the Ringside World Amateur Boxing Championships in Kansas City, Mo., from Aug. 5 - 9. Barber, a member and team captain of the Tinker Boxing Club, prepared for this world-class event by training four

  • ALC comes through for T-38 fix

    The T-38 Talon training jet fleet was in trouble. Tinker was there to help. After two pilots were killed in a recent T-38 crash at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, investigators discovered the T-38 aileron actuator lever, a flight control, was a contributing factor.Ogden Air Logistics Center

  • Deployed Tinker Airman comes up with cheap fix for Predator

     Predator pilots here now have the capability to talk over a secure Internet phone line using their headsets thanks to one Airman's ingenuity and one dollar. Staff Sgt. Ray Stetler, the NCO in charge of base information and infrastructure for the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron here,

  • New hotline addresses unresolved safety concerns

    A new hotline is available for workers with unresolved safety concerns. As a VPP initiative and as an extension of the USAF Form 457, Hazard Reporting System, the 72nd ABW Safety Office has incorporated a safety hotline for the convenience of unresolved employee safety concerns. An unresolved safety

  • 72nd MDG assumption of command

    The 72nd Medical Group welcomed a new commander Aug. 5. Held outside the 72nd MDG's main facility, approximately 125 people witnessed Col. Robert Marks assume command of the group. "Today we welcome a superb Air Force senior leader as commander of the 72nd Medical Group," said Col. Allen Jamerson,