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  • Exercise your power over tobacco in 2013

    Quitting tobacco and becoming more fit are two of the most popular New Year's resolutions in America. But did you know that if you tackle them together, you can actually boost your rate of success for each? Quitting tobacco improves exercise performance, and now research has proven that exercise

  • Off-duty Tinker firefighter reacts to off-base apartment fire

    Lt. Sean Barnette said he didn't do anything spectacular. In fact, anyone would have done the same thing.Would they? On the afternoon of Nov. 12, the off-duty Tinker firefighter ran into a burning building saving occupants and taking measures to prevent further spread of the fire."It wasn't that big

  • Helping CFC was life-changing experience for ‘loaned executives’

    Working as a "loaned executive" to the Combined Federal Campaign can be a life-altering experience."It certainly was for me," said Anthony Edrington, a production controller with the 548th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron who orders parts for the jet engine line. Mr. Edrington was one of five loaned

  • Fit to fight perfection has no age limitation

    What could a senior master sergeant 16 months from retirement, and a senior airman barely two years into his career, possibly have in common? Perfection.Two members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing achieved something very few members of Air Force Reserves ever have, a perfect score on their fit to

  • EAACS total force members complete deployed mission

    Many Air Force units in deployed locations operate by bringing together Airmen from different bases, who must learn to work as a team during their rotation to achieve mission success. The more than 200-member squadron responsible for the E-3 Sentry mission at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing,

  • A mediator’s ADR viewpoint

    The Tinker Alternative Dispute Resolution Program is award winning and has been a benchmark program for the Air Force. Tinker mediators are collateral duty mediators who are highly trained and certified. The advantage of the mediators being a voluntary duty is that they want to be here, they love

  • Tinker LOA chapter wins national award for third time

    The Logistics Officer Association Tinker Crossroads Chapter recently earned serious bragging rights. Last month at the LOA National Symposium held in Washington, D.C., the chapter won the 2012 Lt. Gen. Wetekam Large Chapter of the Year award.The award is presented to a chapter of at least 70 members

  • Tinker flag football playoffs start next week

    The Tinker AFB flag football league playoffs to determine the 2012 fall season champion start next Monday.Only the top three teams in each division (Monday-Wednesday and Tuesday-Thursday) advance to the double-elimination playoffs, Sports Coordinator Chris Gaines of the 72nd Force Support Squadron

  • Ironmen defeat Reserve Gold in flag football

    The Navy grounded the Air Force in both flag football games Tuesday.The VQ-3 Ironmen were winless in three outings before their strong-armed scrambling quarterback, Phillip Akeem Thomas, returned from deployment. Since then, the Navy team has won two consecutive games.VQ-3 bested Reserve Gold, 19-6,

  • Howard Holinsworth is a diabetes success story

    (Editor's note: This is the third of a four part series featuring Tinker employees with disabilities. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The national campaign is designed to raise awareness about disability employment issues and celebrates the many and varied contributions of