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  • Commanders Trophy Bowling: 552nd AMXS stars outshine Fire Dawgs:

    The bowling stars from the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Fire Dawgs shined brightly Jan. 23 at the Tinker Bowling Center. At the end of the evening, the stars of the 552nd AMXS were brighter as they claimed the 3248-3021 victory.    Going in to the match, Fire Dawgs team captain Billy

  • Tinker Hawks I win streak still alive at 5

    The Tinker Hawks I ice hockey team continued its winning ways with a 4-1 victory over The Storm Jan. 27 at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond.    "This team played us real hard last time out and we hope to keep our intensity up to get the win," said Hawks goaltender Brad Poarch.    The early stages

  • Tinker Rangers prepare for 2008 season

    The Tinker Rangers, a baseball team composed of active duty, reservists, and Department of Defense civilian personnel, is preparing to make a title run in the National Adult Baseball Association in 2008.    "We want to get the word out and utilize the experience we gained last year and make major

  • Wing receives certification for first-ever repair station for a DOD facility

    It's one step for the Federal Aviation Administration and one giant leap for the Air Force.    The 76th Maintenance Wing received the first-ever FAA repair station certificate for a Department of Defense facility Jan. 16 at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center.    The 76th MXW obtained the

  • Smart Ops teams simplify processes to save thousands, earn certification

         Thousands of dollars in savings are on the horizon for Tinker Air Force Base as a result of the work by two AFSO21 process improvement teams who presented their final projects and graduated from training Jan. 14.      In August, two four-member teams were given one Air Logistics Center problem

  • 776th Maintenance Support Squadron deactivates;DLA Oklahoma City activated

    A combined deactivation/activation ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday in the Tinker Club Ballroom. Brig. Gen. Judith Fedder, 76th Maintenance Wing commander, and Brig. Gen. Andrew Busch, Defense Supply Center Richmond commander, will preside at the joint ceremony.     John Aguilar, director of

  • Jan. 20 airpower summary: E-3s provide eye in sky

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Jan. 20, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.    In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped guided bomb unit-38s

  • Tinker team to implement safety recommendations

    As this is being written, dozens of employees around Tinker are working diligently to make Tinker a safer place to work for everyone. On 9 Jan. a team composed of Tinker management and union personnel examined 56 recommendations on how to improve safety at Tinker AFB.    These recommendations came