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  • Hellifino maintains first place with a split versus 76th MXW

    The top two seeds in the Commanders Trophy League bowling season squared off Jan. 30 at the Tinker Bowling Center.    At the end of the evening, No. 1 seed Hellifino and No. 2 seed 76th Maintenance Wing each garnered two points, which allowed Hellifino to maintain the top spot in the standings.   

  • Tinker bowler reaches perfection

    Sometimes during the chase of perfection you can even surprise yourself.    That was case for David Harris of the Air Force Flight Standards Agency, who bowled a perfect game on Jan. 29 at the Tinker Bowling Center.    "The key tonight was my teammates," said Harris, who bowls for Here for the

  • AFGE 916 member first Air Force member selected to National VPPPA

    Ty Norton is the first Air Force member selected to the National Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association.    VPPPA is a nonprofit and charitable organization that leads the Occupational Safety and Health Organization and supports cooperative safety and health programs, such as the

  • Old Hruskocy Gate closing Feb. 19

    Hruskocy Gate (Gate 7, at Interstate 40 and Industrial Blvd) will permanently close Feb. 19.    Turnbull Gate (Gate 3, at 29th Street and "A" Ave) will operate with Hruskocy Gate hours from Feb. 19 through April 4..    Contractors will be on site finishing the road to New Hruskocy, demolishing Old

  • Wing holds first quarterly 6S recognition breakfast

    The 76th Maintenance Wing held its first 6S Quarterly Recognition Breakfast, Wednesday at the base restaurant in Bldg. 3001. Brig. Gen. Judy Fedder, 76th MXW commander, and Jeffery Allen, 76th MXW vice director were on hand to congratulate the winners and present awards.    Three teams representing

  • AFMC’s command chief to retire after 30 years of service

    Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted member will close the book on his military career Feb. 1, exactly 30 years from the date he entered the Air Force delayed enlistment program.    Chief Master Sergeant Jonathan Hake, AFMC's command chief, will say goodbye during a retirement ceremony that

  • Troops, families can access free tax-filing services

    Rather than paying a tax specialist, servicemembers and their families can obtain free assistance to prepare and file their annual tax returns through a special military program, a Defense Department tax advisor said here Jan. 30.    The military's tax assistance program processes more than 200,000

  • New assistant secretary sworn in

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne swore in the Air Force's new assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs in a ceremony at the Pentagon Jan. 24.    Craig Duehring, a 28-year Air Force veteran, is a political appointee, heading a four-division department that

  • 2008 force shaping board cancelled

    Air Force lieutenants in the 2005 year group, a total of 764 eligible, will not face a fiscal 2008 force shaping board.    "We received enough requests to separate through voluntary separations programs that conducting a force shaping board is no longer needed this year," said Lt. Gen. Richard Y.

  • Local church donates to Airmen overseas

    St. Philip Neri Parish in Midwest City sent several boxes of goodies to Tinker troops overseas.    This past fall the Philip Neri's Sunday school class, which often supports community volunteer projects, created their own project, treats for Troops, to show their appreciation for deployed Airmen.