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  • Consolidation puts all Military Personnel Flight services into Bldg. 460

    The Air Force has recently mandated that every base will consolidate their personnelists into the newly activated Force Support Squadron, particularly the Military Personnel Section, previously known as the Military Personnel Flight. For Tinker, there are approximately 46 personnelists from the

  • Tinker bank wins "AF Bank of The Year"

    First National Bank at Tinker was recently recognized as the "2007 Air Force Bank of the Year." Bank officials received the news July 14. It is the fifth time the bank won the award. The bank previously won in 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2005. "FNB continues to deliver outstanding customer service to

  • 34th CCS sweeps doubleheader in intramural softball

    The intramural softball season is rounding the bases and on July 17, the two top-seeded teams in the Thursday night league faced off against each other for supremacy at the Tinker Sports Complex Championship Field. The result was a doubleheader sweep by the 34th Combat Communications Squadron over

  • 72nd Air Base Wing Change of Command today

    At 9 a.m. today, Col. Allen Jamerson will take command of the 72nd Air Base Wing from outgoing commander, Col. Mark Correll. The ceremony will take place outside the Tinker Club and all Tinker Air Force Base personnel are invited to attend. Colonel Jamerson is coming from an assignment as the vice

  • Pedals, shins and fins: Fitness center gears up for 21st triathlon

    What's better than a relaxing ride, a quick stroll and a cool dip in the pool? If that sounds interesting, it's not too late to sign-up for the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center s 21st Annual Tinker Triathlon starting at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 9.    This event will feature a 400-meter swim, 10K bike ride

  • Above and beyond: Civilian spends years in Iraq, reluctantly returns

    For most people volunteering isn't something that is done because they are told to do so, but rather because they want to.    The first time Tinker Army & Air Force Exchange Service employee Josie Alger deployed as a civilian to the war zone, she never thought it was something she would find herself

  • Acting secretary shares his perspective with Airmen

    The U.S. Air Force core values of integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do will remain in place, said Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley during a July 1 visit here.    Mr. Donley carried this message to Airmen at Peterson AFB and also at Offutt AFB, Neb.,

  • Forum focuses on GWOT, cyberspace

    On July 2, Brig. Gen. Michelle Johnson visited the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and spoke to a group of military and civilian leaders as part of Maj. Gen. Loren Reno's Senior Leader's Forum program.    General Johnson is an Air Force Academy graduate, a Rhodes Scholar, she's been a fellow at

  • Workers in B-52 PDM get a lift, new platforms

    For the past 40 years, the B-52 programmed depot maintenance line at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center has used maintenance platforms around aircraft much like the erector sets many children played with, but on June 20, Brig. Gen. Judith Fedder, 76th Maintenance Wing Commander, presided over a