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  • 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 Cowboy shines at IFR 38

    Tinker personnel have a myriad of interesting hobbies and events that go beyond the norm. No truer statement can be made about Jeremy Shed of the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. One of his interests outside the gates is bareback riding.   Shed's occupation as a world-class bareback rider came

  • Commanders Trophy Bowling: Hellifino and 3rd CCSS duel to a draw

    The two teams with the highest total pin fall throughout the season faced off Jan. 16 at the Tinker Bowling Center. Hellifino, the second place team, and the 3rd Combat Communications Support Squadron, the third place team, battled and bowled to a draw.    The first game saw the five bowlers from

  • Tinker Hawks I skate past rival 7-4

    The Tinker Hawks I ice hockey team continued its winning ways with a 7-4 victory over the P-Men Jan. 20 at the Blazers Ice Centre.    The Hawks got on the score sheet early with an unassisted goal by defenseman Chris Beatty. He intercepted a pass at center ice, skated in front of the P-Men's net and

  • 552nd OSS wins a thriller over 552nd AMXS

    Though temperatures outside were chilly Jan. 16, things were heating up in the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center as the 552nd Operational Support Squadron scorched the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron for a last second 42-40 victory.    Both teams were coming off losses in the previous week of

  • 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 all.  On 9 January, a team composed of Tinker management and union personnel examined 56 recommendations on how to improve safety at Tinker AFB.    These recommendations came

  • Services take action to combat aviation wiring troubles

    More than 150 maintenance professionals from around the world rolled up their sleeves to try and help solve common aircraft wiring issues at the November Joint Service Wiring Action Group (JSWAG) meeting in Virginia Beach, Va.    "This JSWAG was very well represented by uniformed personnel," said

  • Services honor NAVAIR engineer

    Former Naval Air Systems Command engineer and Wiring Systems Branch Head, Jerome Collins, received the Lu Roberts Award.    Collins earned the Lu Roberts Award for exemplifying outstanding service and dedication to the advancement of DoD aerospace wiring interconnect systems. His tenacity and great

  • 507th Security Forces Reservists deploy to Iraq

    Approximately 40 Air Force Reserve Security Forces members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing departed for Kirkuk AB, Iraq, Thursday in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.    The reservists were activated Nov. 29, 2007, to help them prepare for their pending deployment.    Last month, the reservists