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Play golf Tinker! Course open to all ID card holders

Summer is here and it is time to get outside and play some golf. Tinker Golf Course has something for everyone, so let's all play golf Tinker!    Tinker Golf Course has a golf-pro on staff who instructs the Link Up 2 Golf classes and is available for private lessons as well. Link Up 2 Golf is

Tinker Hawks fall to reigning champion Chesapeake

It may be hot out but The Boys of Winter returned to their familiar playground, the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond, as Division II play in the Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League's summer season began. The Tinker Hawks faced off against the reigning champions, Chesapeake, who came away with a

Marathon registration figures on pace to shatter '07 record

If current figures are an accurate predictor, the 2008 U.S. Air Force Marathon appears well on its way to shattering last year's registration record of more than 6,700 runners and could approach the 10,000 mark.    As of June 13, the total number of runners registered for the 12th annual event stood

Tinker Airman competes in Ironman competition

Mother Nature showed her power at the Kansas 70.3 Ironman competition and proved she could outlast anyone, including an Airman from Tinker Air Force Base.    Kyle Jansen, 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron, tested his running, biking and swimming skills against the best ironmen in the world during

Chaplain's Corner: Hot Chocolate

How is it that you rate your quality of life? Is it by what you have or don't have? Is it by your status in society or the rank you have in the military? Is it by the health you enjoy or don't enjoy? What about family, job, friends, money invested, etc?    We tend to look at the things mentioned

RedHawks host Navy Night

The culmination of Oklahoma City's Navy Week took place when Triple A baseball's Oklahoma Redhawks hosted a Navy night at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City June 12 in front of 3,000 fans.    The event was part of a weeklong celebration of the U.S. Navy in Oklahoma City. The fans and players

AFMC's top civilian moving to Pentagon

Air Force officials announced June 12 that Barbara Westgate will become the new Air Force Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Programs.    Mrs. Westgate, a member of the Senior Executive Service, currently is the executive director of Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at

Colonel Hirka retires after 26-year career

Colonel Michael Hirka retired from the Air Force on June 2.    Standing before about 100 friends and colleagues in the Tinker Club ballroom, the former 327th Aircraft Sustainment Group commander participated in several traditional rituals and listened to kind words from guest speaker and personal

AEF deployment tempo—how it works

The thrust behind the improvements in the Global Air and Space Expeditionary Force construct are driven by aligning the AEF process with what has come to be the deployers "reality timeline". Meaning, if you remember shortly after 9/11 one departed for 90 days, but it eventually turned into a 120 day