Tinker Air Force Base News

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.

Afghanistan: As of Saturday, at least 831 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

October 31, 2009 US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 831 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:31 p.m. ET As of Saturday, Oct.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Department of the Air Force civilian who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Curtis LaVerne Larsen, 77, of Dell City, OK, died from lung cancer on Saturday, Oct.

E-3 Contractor Training And Sim Services Contract Awarded To L-3 L-3 Link Simulation & Training has been awarded a one year $14.4 million contract option from the U.S. Air Force to provide continued support of the service's E-3 Contractor Training and Simulation Services program.

"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr.

While we all cling to our separate identities attached to Bibb, Houston, Jones, Twiggs, Crawford and Peach counties, we are all invariably linked - and our futures depend on how well we work together.

The late management theorist Peter Drucker once observed that every time you see a successful business you should realize that someone made a courageous decision when it was founded.

Walton Construction Co. said Monday it recently was awarded a $20.4 million contract to build a defense logistics warehouse and distribution center at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Ali Thamer , a Baghdad International Airport tower manager, observes fully qualified and licensed Iraqi air traffic controllers manage traffic in the Baghdad airspace Oct.

Authorities say a South Carolina man strangled his wife while she slept because their marriage was about to end.

An Air Force wife helped police catch three burglary suspects when she spotted them on the webcam the couple uses to communicate while they're apart.

By John Andrew Prime * jprime@gannett.com * October 12, 2009 The Eighth Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base has trimmed down in anticipation of shifting to the new Air Force Global Strike Command in February.

Oct. 5--Current and former sailors will celebrate the Navy's 234th birthday with a ball Oct.