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  • Did You Know?: Family Housing Office has moved

    The Family Housing Office has moved to Bldg. 5927, which is located just north of the Gerrity Fitness Center on McNarney Avenue.    They are co-located with the Unaccompanied Housing Office. We are excited about having all housing services under one roof, which include; On and Off Base Referral,

  • Cops Corner: Driving Safety Tip from 72nd Security Forces

    The 72nd Security Forces Squadron is concerned for the safety of all personnel living and working on Tinker AFB.    The rules of the road are fully detailed in Air Force Instruction 31-204 and the base supplement. Specifically, the Security Forces would like to highlight the on-base speed limits.   

  • Services Squadron competing for LeMay award

    "Services...The Best Never Rests...Huah" is the motto of the 72nd Services Squadron as they prepare for the March 21 visit of the Air Force Gen. Curtis E. LeMay Award evaluation team.    The 72nd Services' mission is to contribute to the readiness of Air Force personnel through fitness and

  • Tinker to offer sport bike safety course for Airmen 25 and younger

    Tinker will follow the Air Force Materiel Command lead and host a new safety course for sport bike motorcycle riders.    The course, which will likely be introduced at Tinker in mid-May, is aimed toward Airmen who are 25 years old and younger.    "The sport bike motorcycle training course is geared

  • Financial Responsibility: Take control of your future

    The mortgage crisis, devaluation of the dollar, national job loss figures, volatile stock market; it seems that everywhere you turn the economic outlook is bad.    With all these bleak news reports and glooming forecasts, today might be a good time to evaluate your own personal economic state. How

  • Tinker learns to use faith as a guidance tool

    A sellout crowd attended the 2008 annual National Prayer Luncheon -- formally recognized by most as the National Prayer Breakfast -- March 13 at the Tinker Club. As the luncheon got under way, several men began to fill the outer portions of the room. One hundred men from the Singing Churchmen of

  • Tinker civilians eligible for overseas deployments

    Serving overseas may be considered a right and privilege to military members. The same could be said for civilians.    Depending on positions available and their qualifications, federal service employees may volunteer to serve overseas particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan through the Department of

  • Two 76th Commodities Maintenance Group employees' IDEA earns $10,000

    Joe Wolf and Deborah Culp, 76th Commodities Maintenance Group recently received $10,000 for their idea which reduced failure rates for fuel tank interconnect valves 31 percent.    The failure rate on the valves was high, 33 percent. Most valves had to be retested five or six times before passing

  • AFMC’s command chief emphasizes communication, understanding one’s role

    The stigma that Airmen assigned to Air Force Materiel Command are not part of the Global War on Terror fight is one the command's top enlisted member is working to correct.    "There are segments of people - ranging from enlisted members within AFMC to those in other Air Force major commands - who

  • Tinker demand planner provides forecasting expertise

    Pat Deatherage, who served 20 years in the Air Force, is the only demand planner in his current forward presence job at Tinker Air Force Base.    Deatherage is a part of the Aviation Supply and Demand Chain Forward Presence Team for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. He has been in his position