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Tinker Air Force Base deaths: 17 people dead in 2023, military refuses to reveal causes
2023-08-17
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • An Air Force base in Oklahoma is tight-lipped after 17 people have died on the base since the beginning of 2023

  • Officials for the Air Force and the base have refused to reveal the nature of the deaths, saying only that there were 'various causes'

  • An investigation suggested 'deaths connected to base this year including potential suicides.'

  • The base has over 30,000 personnel on site
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Posted by:Skidmark

#9  I've been there, I vote for boredom.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2023-08-17 23:29  

#8  Or just a rough sex serial rapist they can't find.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-08-17 23:15  

#7  Why do I get Abby is scrambling to avoid the kind of press coverage that would find lax drug enforcement and end her expectations of a General Officer slot in the estrogen-oozing, transformation-ally woke USAF emerging leadership?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-08-17 13:16  

#6  Tik Toc challenges run amok.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-08-17 12:26  

#5   Col. Abby Ruscetta,

Does anyone else have a brain hiccup when seeing female senior officers in charge of things?

Or is it just my old fartness that makes it sound weird?
Posted by: AlanC   2023-08-17 12:08  

#4  Drugs
Posted by: bman   2023-08-17 11:07  

#3  Military.com has some additional info.
When gleaned for additional info. It points to some mental & trauma related issues. Note the USAF given response and the careful wording, and slow pace of the investigation.

In a way the slow pace of the 17 Death investigations points to a possible unifying cause of death. Otherwise, the USAF could have released causes data for the cases NOT related to each other.

So it does bring up some deeper laying issues.

EG.
"Tinker Air Force Base," Col. Abby Ruscetta, the Tinker installation commander, said in an emailed statement. "Our focus moving forward is to let everyone know we value them, and we stand together as a team."

Woodruff initially told Military.comon Tuesday that Air Force policy prohibits the installation from disclosing the number and causes of deaths, including suspected suicides still under investigation.

"I'm sorry, but we are not going to release the number of deaths at Tinker," Woodruff told Military.com in an email. "We have ongoing investigations and to protect the families and the units, we won't comment on those numbers. It is Air Force policy that we do not disclose information about deaths or their circumstances."


Military.com has reached out to possible Whistle Blowers.
Posting it has created a ProtonMail anonymous email account for those willing to send encrypted emails concerning the deaths.

The ProtonMail account vs. using a Military.com email address, could suggest possible _ _ _ snooping and _ _ _ tracking concerns. Which would in itself raise deeper questions.

I'd bet on a either a USAF distraction, or a creative emotional follow-up explanation in the near future.
Posted by: NN2N1   2023-08-17 07:09  

#2  It's not like they have a bunch of live-fire Infantry exercises going on.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2023-08-17 06:48  

#1  ...What the ever loving fu@k?

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-08-17 05:43  

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