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  • Tinker Airmen to compete in area boxing competition

    Watch out Oklahoma City-area pugilists! Two Tinker Airmen plan to showcase their boxing talents in a local competition on Saturday and they don't intend to leave empty-handed. Staff Sgt. Richard Mora, a hydraulics specialist with the 552nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, and Airman 1st Class James

  • Are you ready? Planning for bioterrorism threat part of Tinker's EM program

    (Editor's note: The following is the third in a four-part series on Readiness and focuses on the various types of biohazard attacks the base could experience. Next week's final article in the series will discuss where to go, what to do in the event of any type of chemical, biological, radiological,

  • Clean-up efforts from Ice Storm 2007 still in full swing

    Gary McCracken said Ice Storm 2007 left the worst tree damage he'd ever seen in his 20-year Tinker career.      Nine days (Dec. 21) after freezing rain coated Tinker's trees with an ice, Mr. McCracken, 72nd Air Base Wing Contract Surveillance Division chief, said clean-up efforts are still in full

  • Team Tinker shelters on-base families without power and heat

         Tinker's first sergeants and associate units came together and proved there is no "I" in team.      When Ice Storm 2007 struck Dec. 10 and froze roadways, trees and power lines, many Oklahomans found themselves without heat or power. When the problem hit Tinker, the first sergeants and

  • VPP creates a grassroots safety movement at Tinker

         Team Tinker is forging the path for a new level of safety. Employees base wide are starting a grass roots safety movement and the 76th Commodities Maintenance Group is taking the lead.      The team is implementing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program

  • Tinker Hawks I streak to a 5-2 victory

         In Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League action, Tinker Hawks 1 skated to a 5-2 victory over their Division 2 rival Screaming Pylons Dec. 16 at the Blazers Ice Centre.      The Hawks were poised to return to their winning form after a week layoff due to the ice storm that plagued Oklahoma.      "We

  • Tinker wrestlers display their talents at Gerrity

         Six wrestlers displayed their talents at the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center's third annual wrestling extravaganza Dec. 14.      A special guest referee donated his time for this event. Kirby Keith, an all U.S. Marine Corps wrestler (1982-1985) and a member of the USA national wrestling team