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  • Okies' softball team gets off to slow start

    The Okies softball season got off to a rough start June 26 with a drubbing at the hands of the Navy's VQ-7 Roughnecks on Champ Field at Tinker AFB. After weeks of rain cancellations, the Okies took the field with a new coach at the helm and few returning starters. The lack of playing time as a team

  • Thumpers softball starts strong

    The 513th Air Control Group Thumpers opened its summer season a week late with easy back-to-back wins against the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Eagles June 26 at Tinker Air Force Base.Neither of the double-header games lasted past the fifth inning, with the 513th's team racking up enough

  • Thunderbirds practice routine prior to the upcoming airshow

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds arrived at Tinker AFB Thursday June 19, 2014 two days before the first scheduled airshow here in more than four years.  Pilots from the Thunderbirds performed part of their show during practice runs Thursday and Friday afternoon while spectators from all over the base

  • Fitness program to test Airmen physically, mentally

    Airmen at 18 installations will see a new era of physical fitness as the Air Force Personnel Center Directorate of Services introduces the Air Force Team Cohesion Challenge.The pilot program, built around special operations training, is designed to teach leadership, promote unit cohesion and inspire

  • Incentive flight allows Airmen a chance to witness an aerial refueling

    Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing had the opportunity to fly on a KC-135R Stratotanker June 6, 2014 at Tinker Air Force Base. The flight, known as an incentive flight, is designed to give Airmen the chance to witness an aerial refueling - the wing's primary mission."The refueling mission is

  • Commission seeks service members' compensation preferences

    The commission tasked by President Barack Obama and Congress to modernize military compensation and benefits programs is seeking input from service members on their preferences.Alphonso Maldon Jr., chairman of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, said understanding

  • 137th Oklahoma Air National Guard medical team trains aboard KC-135

    Eleven members of the 137th Oklahoma Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing flew a combination training mission aboard a KC-135R Stratotanker for patient care and in-flight refueling training on May 29th, 2014.Nine 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members practiced medical scenarios and aircraft

  • Airshow volunteers needed

    Members of Team Tinker have an outstanding opportunity to showcase the Air Force mission to the local community with the 2014 Star Spangled Salute Air Show, June 20-22. To make this event a success and ensure the safety and security of those who attend as well as base assets, volunteer augmentees of

  • 507th member wins AFRC Fire Officer of the Year

    A firefighter with the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron received the Air Force Reserve Command's Military Fire Officer of the Year award for 2013 on May 4 at the Tinker Air Force Base theater.Of the 28 fire flights in the Air Force Reserve Command, Master Sgt. Michael D. Bilharz was selected for the