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  • Airmen receive awards at Knucklebuster Ball

    A night of special significance for the Airmen of the 552nd Maintenance Group happened Feb 1 at the Annual Knucklebuster Awards Banquet where the group gathered to enjoy a meal and honor their top performers.    The two categories, traditional awards and Knucklebuster awards recognize the very best

  • Tinker's newest chief master sergeants recognized

    Friday, Feb. 22 is likely a day that will not soon be forgotten for the eight newest chief master sergeants at Tinker Air Force Base.   Not because that was the day the base's newest chiefs were formally welcomed into the Air Force's most senior enlisted rank during a formal recognition ceremony at

  • New F101 engine workload arrives at Tinker

    A jet engine is making history.    An F101 engine is the first of a new workload to arrive at Tinker for intermediate-level maintenance repair. The workload is a Repair Enterprise for the 21st Century Lean logistics initiative and transformation process effort to consolidate intermediate maintenance

  • Tinker to hold memorial service today

    A public memorial service for the two children killed in a tragic shooting here Monday is scheduled for 1 p.m. in the base theater.    The children, Jourdain and Dylan, died along with their father Technical Sgt. Dustin Thorson, in an apparent homicide and suicide.    "Words cannot express how

  • National Nutrition Month: Healthy lifestyle important for weight loss

    Nutrition: It's a Matter of Fact"    Don't eat after 8 p.m. Avoid carbohydrates. A piece of cake on your birthday will ruin your diet; Right?    Not exactly; there are no bad foods, no good or bad times to eat and no magic bullet for maintaining a healthy weight. In fact, it's the total diet

  • Fight obesity now: Join AFMC's Team Lean Challenge '08!

    It's no news to any of us that Americans are getting bigger. More than 60 percent of Americans aged 20 and older are overweight. One-quarter of American adults are also obese, putting them at increased health risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure,

  • National Prayer Luncheon set for 11:30 a.m. March 13

    This year's National Prayer Luncheon is set for 11:30 a.m. March 13. The annual event has a change from the past: it has changed from a breakfast event to a luncheon. Besides that, it will be very similar from what the Tinker community has come to enjoy and expect.    The speaker will be retired Lt.