Tinker Take Off

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Tinker Take-Off is a weekly newspaper created for publication on Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Oklahoma and began publication in 1943. [1] The newspaper was published in partnership with The Journal Record, a daily business newspaper based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [2] [3]

Tinker Take-Off
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Publisher The Journal Record
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Tinker Air Force Base
OCLC number 32617398
Website tinkertakeoff.com

History

Tinker Take-Off changed their publication type from the traditional broadsheet newspaper format to a magazine format in 2019, as well as changing it to a biweekly newspaper instead of a weekly newspaper. [4]

The publication paused publication in May 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]

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References

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