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  • OUTDOOR RECREATION

    Outdoor Recreation activities and services are open to all Department of Defense card holders, active-duty military members, family members, retirees, reservists and civil service employees.    Outdoor Recreation, in Bldg. 478, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.    To register for an Outdoor

  • FITNESS and SPORTS CENTERS

    The Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center is open 4:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. holidays.    Bldg. 3705 Fitness Center hours are 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Tinker Fitness Center, Bldg. 216, is open 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

  • TINKER GOLF COURSE

    To have uniformity in Air Force Materiel Command, the following changes will be made to Members First Plus effective immediately:    * The 10 percent discount will not be given on punch cards or annual green fees    * The discount will not be given on hard goods such as clubs, bags, wedges and

  • SPORTS NOTES

    Fitness center activities    Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center has several events planned over the next couple of months.    An intramural racquetball tournament begins the first week of February and will be played throughout the month. The tournament is open to active duty, reservists and civilians

  • 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