Air Force Won’t Disclose Causes of 17 Deaths at Tinker Air Force Base This Year

Military.com

ByThomas Novelly and Kostantin Toropin

August 16, 2023

This year, 17 personnel have died at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, but Air Force officials have refused to say what the causes of those deaths were, citing concerns for families and units on base.

Kimberly Woodruff, a Tinker Air Force Base spokesperson, told Military.com on Wednesday that the base lost the personnel to “various causes, and several deaths remain under investigation.”