Tinker Air Force Base News

The Rev. Eugene Willis, 81, of Pittsburg, died Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at Mary Hurley Hospital in Coalgate.

CAD/CAM Services Inc. was recently awarded a $1,400,000 contract by Tinker Air Force Base to scan 45,000 aircraft drawings dating from the 1950s to the present day.

The 1998 Downtown Master Plan Review Task Force recently was given a presentation of how regional transit could impact downtown Edmond's future.

Thanksgiving meals are available to any and all on Thursday, courtesy the Salvation Army.

GO GO CHANEL ... We're usually not huge fans of the saying, "Fake it until you make it," but we're still $1,700 short of that dream boucle boxy jacket from Chanel that we've been craving since childbirth.

DTS Aviation Services, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $13,893,827 contract which will provide aircraft backshop maintenance, munitions and equipment support services for the Air Armament Center and for their command and control, communications, computers and intelligence systems testing for a 12 month period.

Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.

The U.S. Air Force has received a wing inspection system from Veracity Technology Solutions designed to reduce downtime for aircraft.

A worker at Tinker Air Force Base has been charged with embezzling more than $20,000 from the sale of scrap metal through a recycling program at the Oklahoma City base.

Is there a day in the near future when a commuter rail system will link Norman to Oklahoma City and to surrounding communities? MAPS 3 could lead the way.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer What is her real name? Smith County Sheriff's deputies are still not sure who they have in their jail under the name of Juanetta Charce Lacy.

President Obama was, if nothing else, an active commander in chief last week. Before and after Wednesday's Veterans Day holiday, military issues took center stage on the White House agenda.

Local veterans of conflicts ranging from World War II to the Iraq War turned out Wednesday at the Cleveland County Veterans' Memorial to honor those who've served the nation in the ultimate sense of the word.

Wreaths mark chairs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial for Airman 1st Class Cartney J. McRaven and Airman 1st Class LaKesha R. Levy, who were among the 168 killed in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995.

Air Force Lt. Col. Carl Oesterle recalls as a kid he was always out of school on Veterans Day, so Wednesday, he allowed his son Logan and daughter Gardner to skip classes to attend an Oklahoma City ceremony honoring soldiers.

Published online 11/10/2009 10:12 PM Veterans Bob Angle, right, and Sam Hartley put into place new tiles on the Veterans Memorial in Medicine Lodge.

During these challenging times, the story of the twin toddlers in the room full of horse manure comes to mind.

Brig. Gen. Mark Sears said he was thrilled when he found out he would be inducted into his alma mater's ROTC Hall of Fame Friday at the University of New Hampshire.

A former commander at Fort Hood and current Oklahoma legislator gave his insight into Thursday's deadly shooting at the Fort Hood.

Brig. Gen. O.G. Mannon, 82nd Training Wing commander, has been named the next vice commander of Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Florida, according to a press release issued by the 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs office Friday afternoon.