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  • TINKER BOWLING CENTER

    Tinker Bowling Center will hold a Bowling Sweetheart Tournament Saturday. Sign-up is at 5:15 p.m. and bowl at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $20 per team. Prizes are paid one for every four entries. For more information, call the bowling center at 734-3484.    Come celebrate the snack bar's one-year grand

  • Air Force officials release budget request for 2009

    As part of the president's fiscal 2009 budget, the Air Force officials are requesting Congress' approval for $143.9 billion, nearly more than $9 billion more than in fiscal 2008. Of the $143.9 billion request, $117 billion are funds directly controlled and managed by the Air Force. The remaining

  • KC-10 at Tinker for first-ever paint maintenance work

    Aircraft typically arrive at Tinker every few years for paint maintenance. The KC-10 Extender, an air refueling aircraft, is an exception. It arrived at Tinker Jan. 3 for it's first-ever paint upkeep work.    The KC-10 is a prototype for future Tinker work and comes on the heels of the Federal

  • SECAF addresses deployed Airmen

    "On behalf of the president of the United States and the American people, we salute you," Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne told more than 400 Airmen during his visit to an air base in Southwest Asia Feb. 1. "You are the front lines of freedom."    Secretary Wynne addressed Airmen in an

  • Air Force fiscal 2008 aviator continuation pay approved

    The fiscal 2008 Aviator Continuation Pay program was approved here recently by Craig W. Duehring, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and Reserve affairs.    The 2008 National Defense Authorization Act., which was signed by President George W. Bush Jan. 28, provided

  • Preventing criminal, terrorist activity

    Identifying, exploiting, and neutralizing criminal, terrorist, and intelligence threats to the Air Force, Department of Defense and government is the mission statement of the Air Force Office of Investigation.    One method OSI promotes is, every Airman being proactive in preventing criminals and

  • Feb. 2 airpower summary: B-1Bs deter enemy activities

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 2, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.    In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped guided bomb unit-31s and

  • Navy's Environmental Readiness Director Discusses Sonar and New Web Site

    The Environmental Director for the Chief of Naval Operations has spearheaded the creation of a new Web site to better educate and inform the public and Sailors on what the U.S. Navy is doing to protect the seas and its inhabitants during crucial training exercises.    Rear Adm. Larry Rice, director

  • Navy Provides Classes for Sailor's Development

    Center for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD) and Training Support Command (TSC) are teaming up to offer ongoing classes through which Sailors can improve their skills while becoming greater assets to their commands.    The courses help Sailors from all paygrades and ratings develop a