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  • AFFSA: new command at Tinker, new commander

    AFFSA -- Cleared for takeoff.    The Air Force Flight Standards Agency, an Air Staff Agency, which recently relocated its headquarters to Oklahoma City as an associate unit of Tinker, is working on a new motto or "hooah" shout.    "We are global operations," said Col. Kevin Degnan, AFFSA commander,

  • Early detection means greater chance of survival

    Early detection is the key and means greater chance of survival: When breast cancer is found early, many women go on to live long and healthy lives.   Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers.   The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time

  • Shining Star: First woman 552nd ACW commander frocked to brigadier general

    Brig. Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of the 552nd Air Control Wing, was frocked to the rank of brigadier general in a brevet ceremony on Sept. 21 in Bldg. 230, Dock 2, only four months after becoming the first woman to ever command the wing.    In a brevet, or frocking ceremony, an officer

  • DSCR, DLA, Air Force hold joint session for BRAC implementation

    Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency officials held a kickoff session Sept. 12-15 at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center in preparation of the transition of the 776th Maintenance Support Squadron's subset that will be transferred to DLA on Feb. 3. The 776th MXSS is part of the 76th Maintenance

  • 3rd Herd members given ‘tour’ of 12th Air Force

    Members of the 3rd Combat Communications Group got more than they could have hoped for last week when the 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern commander himself came calling.    Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, using a mixture of straight talk and humor, gave 3rd Herd members a remote "tour" of the entire

  • First NPS AAP class graduates at Tinker

    They are the first.    Thirty-one Tinker Airmen and civilians graduated Sept. 13 from the Naval Postgraduate School's year-long Advanced Acquisition Program. Held at the Education and Training building, they were the first group to graduate from the course since the program was introduced at Tinker

  • ‘Heritage to Horizons’: Hundreds attend annual Air Force Ball

    It was flawless. The Air Force Ball went off without a hitch.    More than 500 Airmen, civilians and prominent community members attended the black-tie affair Sept. 14 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Held in the grandiose Sam Noble Special Events Center, guests

  • Motorcycle safety important on, off base

    With motorcycle accidents on the rise and nasty weather ahead, it is time to remember safety when riding -- on and off-base.    The Tinker Riders and Mentors program is designed to help newer riders transition from controlled courses to open roads and highways that can pose dangers for inexperienced

  • Around Tinker: Base exchange gets new general manager

    New Tinker Base Exchange General Manager Bettye Golson traded in her boots and blue jeans for suits and heels.    The 31-year Army and Air Force Exchange Service veteran recently returned from a voluntary deployment to the Middle East including Kuwait, Qatar, Djibouti and the United Arab Emirates