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  • Tinker Air Force Base runners take first place at Redbud Classic 10K

    Runners from Tinker teamed up to run in the annual Redbud Classic 10 kilometer event held on April 4. The run begins at the Waterford Hotel in north Oklahoma City and snakes through the homes of Nichols Hills, finally ending 6.2 miles later at the Nichols Hills Plaza Shopping Center. The event is

  • AFMC selecting running team for Air Force Marathon

    In support of the annual U.S. Air Force Marathon -- commemorating the founding of the Air Force on Sept. 18, 1947 -- Air Force Materiel Command will select a command running team comprised of eight active duty members.    Two male and two female runners will be chosen for the full marathon. Two male

  • 38th EIG defeats 31st CCS 4-1

    Rain, wind and cold temperatures did not stop the soccer at the Tinker Sports Complex on April 17. The 38th Engineering Installation Group defeated the 31st Combat Communications Squadron 4-1 amidst a rain-soaked field and very blustery wind conditions. Both teams had to adjust to the field

  • Hawks rally for last minute victory over Storm

    The Tinker Hawks I hockey club had to wait unit the final minute of regulation play to break their five-game winless skid.    They did so in exciting fashion 3-2 over The Storm in Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League Division II action at the Blazers Ice Centre on April 20.    "We definitely need a

  • Tinker honors ex-prisoners of war

    There were seven former prisoners of war and their families who attended the Ex-POW recognition day held at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center on April 9.    Maj. Gen. Loren Reno, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander, Brig. Gen. Lori Robinson, 552nd Air Control Wing commander

  • Bldg. 3707's compact radome range finally operational

    Bldg. 3707's compact radome range is making history. Eight years after the initial construction finished, it is finally operational. And despite several outside contracts, it was a team of Tinker engineers and technicians led by Dan Mitchell, 76th Commodities Maintenance Group Process Control

  • 76th CMXG examined by mock audit team to determine VPP worthiness

    This could be the 76th Commodities Maintenance Group's big break.    A Department of Defense/Center of Excellence Mock Audit team from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, examined the 76th CMXG's facilities April 7-11. Their mission was to see if the commodities maintenance group was ready to be

  • 3rd Herd commander retires

    Col. James Appleyard has spent the past 21 years focused on achieving nothing but the best for his Airmen. At 10 a.m. Monday, he will hand over his command.    Colonel Appleyard has spent the last two years of his military career molding those he was commanding in the 3rd Combat Communications

  • MFLC: New short-term consultant program aids troubled personnel

    A listening ear is just a phone call away.    The Office of the Secretary of Defense recently implemented the Military and Family Life Consultant program at Tinker's Family Support Center. The program was originally scheduled for execution May 19, but due to recent tragedies, it was put into