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  • Around Tinker: Lead travel pay accountant retires

    After completing more than 40 years of dedicated civilian federal service, Dorothy "Dotty" Duncan, Tinker's 72nd Comptroller Squadron's Lead Travel Pay Accountant, retired on April 3.    She began her federal career in July 1967 as a GS-3 with the Department of the Army, working at the Armed Forces

  • Team Tinker, Wiley Post Award winners announced

    Tinker's outstanding civilian employees and leaders for 2007 were unveiled March 29 at the annual Civilian of the Year Awards Banquet. Each of the 53 finalists were introduced to the 400 guests as the they walked across the stage of the Ballroom at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in Oklahoma

  • Tinker to celebrate Diversity April 15

    Honoring the variety of cultures and backgrounds of Tinker personnel, the base will celebrate the "2nd Annual Diversity Day" on April 15. The festivities will start at 9 am through 3 pm at Bldg 230, hanger 2.    In the past, the United States was called "the great melting pot." Customs and culture

  • Tinker participates in Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    This April marks the seventh year people all over the United States have observed April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. SAAM was created to encourage the prevention of sexual assault in America.    Tinker Air Force Base will be participating in SAAM by hosting Ben Atherton-Zeman. Mr. Zeman puts

  • AFGLSC stands up at Tinker April 2

    Tinker gained a new associate tenant April 2.    At a stand-up and re-designation ceremony, Scott Reynolds, director of the 448th Combat Sustainment Wing, relinquished command. Col. H. Brent Baker Sr., Air Force Global Logistics Support Center commander, re-designated him director of the AFGLSC's

  • CHAPLAIN'S CORNER: Take a time out to relieve stress

    Running down the field, I found myself screaming at the top of my lungs. These players just wouldn't listen! I mean, I'm the coach - listen to the coach, right? Never mind that many of them had never played soccer, they were 7 and 8 years old and knew how to listen.    I was watching an adventure

  • Tinker Hawks fall to Lackland

    The Lackland AFB Warhawks defeated the Hawks 75-61 in the first game of the Southwest Men's Military Basketball Tournament March 29 at the Pitsanbarge Fitness and Sports Center at Sheppard AFB, Texas.    The Hawks got off to an early lead behind the sharp shooting of forward Phil Hawthorne, who made

  • Canadians A skate past Hawks 5-2

    The Tinker Hawks I ice hockey team ran into a buzz saw, Canadians A, and fell 5-2 at the Artic Ice Centre on March 30 in Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League Division II action.    The Canadians A were short-handed as they had some injuries and other players missing due to military obligations. The