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  • OC-ALC Strategic Plan: "Developing and Caring for Our People"

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Strategic Plan guides people to focus on activities that will enable them to be successful today and into the future. The Strategic Plan does this by focusing on three major priority areas: · Developing and Caring for Our People, · Exceeding Customer

  • Voices of Experience: What to do when a tornado is coming

    Oftentimes the voice of experience proves to be the best teacher. With tornado season approaching, two Tinker families are sharing their stories to help others prepare should the worst case scenario happen again. Becky Pillifant, marketing specialist with the 72nd Force Support Squadron, and Master

  • Remote controllers: Tinker mentors help students build underwater vehicles

    Students from Carl Albert Middle School's Starbase program, and their mentors from Tinker, met at the Midwest City YMCA swimming pool last week to test their SeaPerch projects.SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program in which students, with the assistance of their mentors, build an

  • Former POW talks courage, patriotism with 552nd ACW

    As part of its continuing "Heritage Series," this week the 552nd Air Control Wing hosted retired Lt. Col. William R. Schwertfeger, a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. Colonel Schwertfeger, a pilot with more than 3,500 career flying hours who was forced down in North Vietnam on Feb. 16, 1972,

  • Diet Pills: Should you try? Do they work?

    January is the time for New Year's resolutions and for many people, weight loss is on the top of the list. If you look at advertising in January, most vendors have their sales and marketing focused on weight loss and fitness. Heavy advertising recommends buying this or that product and they will all

  • Watch out for black ice while driving, walking

    Encountering black ice, whether you're driving a privately owned or government vehicle or traveling on foot, is a cause of many injuries during the winter months. What is black ice? It's a very thin layer of frozen water without many air bubbles. It's the lack of air bubbles that make the layer of

  • Tinker beats Offutt in OT

    The Tinker men's varsity basketball squad has dominated Offutt AFB in all six of their meetings this season, but their duel Sunday afternoon went into overtime.Team Offutt led Tinker by 2 when Earl Moseby sunk a bucket as the clock wound down, knotting the score at 71-71. "I was hoping it hit at the

  • Holloman takes Hawks to brink

    Although Holloman AFB brought only seven players for a basketball tournament here last weekend, they made Tinker earn both of the Hawks's victories. Holloman pushed Tinker to the limit, and one of their players was so aggressive that he fouled out of both games against the Hawks.Playing with an

  • Financial Fitness: Get back on financial track after holiday spending

    Overspending during the holiday shopping season has a way of putting things into perspective come January when all the bills are due. Now is the time to get things back on track for financial fitness.At the beginning of the year it is always a good idea to check on the finances and see if the budget