{"id":2005721,"date":"2023-08-19T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seventeen-people-have-died-at-tinker-air-force-base-in-2023-but-military-refuses-to-disclose-causes-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:34:15","slug":"seventeen-people-have-died-at-tinker-air-force-base-in-2023-but-military-refuses-to-disclose-causes-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seventeen-people-have-died-at-tinker-air-force-base-in-2023-but-military-refuses-to-disclose-causes-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Tinker Air Force Base conceals causes of 17 deaths in 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseventeen-people-have-died-at-tinker-air-force-base-in-2023-but-military-refuses-to-disclose-causes-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005721&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Alarming Number of Deaths at Tinker Air Force Base Raises Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>An alarming\u200d number of deaths\u2063 at a\u200d Midwest installation has military and civilian personnel asking,\u200b \u201cWhat is going on at\u200c Tinker Air Force Base?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/08\/16\/air-force-wont-disclose-causes-of-17-deaths-tinker-air-force-base-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military.com<\/a> reported this week \u200cthat 17 base people at\u200c the Oklahoma City military \u200cinstallation have died in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The causes of death were not initially\u200d revealed. Base spokesman Kimberly Woodruff \u2062said Wednesday \u200bthe deaths were due to \u201cvarious\u200b causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have\u200d ongoing investigations, \u2062and to protect \u2063the families and the units, we won\u2019t comment on those numbers,\u201d\u2062 she said. \u201cIt \u2064is Air Force policy that we do not disclose information about deaths or their circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woodruff\u2062 refused to confirm the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/confirms-bat-born-virus-outbreak-88-fatality-rate-no-cure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fatality<\/a> count to \u200bMilitary.com,\u200d saying, \u201cI\u2019m \u200dsorry, but we are not \u2063going to release the number of deaths at Tinker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seventeen-people-have-died-at-tinker-air-force-base-in-2023-but-military-refuses-to-disclose-causes-report\/\" title=\"Report: Tinker Air Force Base conceals causes of 17 deaths in 2023.\">base public affairs \u200cdepartment released<\/a> the\u200d number of deaths (17)\u2062 this calendar\u2063 year \u201cbut\u2062 did not specify \u2063which \u2062deaths were\u200b being investigated as \u200bdue to suicide, accidents, illnesses or other causes,\u201d Military.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>One unnamed source \u200cat\u2063 the installation\u200c said some of the deaths were potentially due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/president-trump-signs-execpresident-trump-signs-new-executive-order-to-reduce-military-suicidesutive-order-decrease-military-suicides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suicide<\/a> \u200cand \u200bothers to \u200dCOVID-19.<\/p>\n<h3>Should \u2063the US Air Force immediately reveal the causes of\u2063 these deaths?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tinker\u200b Installation Commander \u200dCol.\u200d Abigail Ruscetta later confirmed to \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/local\/tinker-afb-officials-confirm-17-personnel-have-died-on-base-since-january\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KFOR-TV<\/a> that\u2064 11 uniformed \u200band civilian \u2064personnel died due to natural causes or accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the six remaining deaths are under investigation, and most of\u200c the 17 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lone-highway-patrolman-shot-civilians-swarm-gunman-take-control-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civilians<\/a>, Ruscetta added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Air \u2062Force officials have remained mum about \u200bthe deaths of 17 people on an Oklahoma base\u2063 this year, citing concerns for its \u2063active units as \u2064well\u200c as the families of those who have died. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4vXnenfC3w\">https:\/\/t.co\/4vXnenfC3w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starsandstripes\/status\/1692363185032941864?\">August \u206217, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ruscetta told <a href=\"https:\/\/okcfox.com\/news\/local\/seventeen-deaths-confirmed-at-tinker-air-force-base-this-year-investigations-underway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOKH-TV<\/a> that most of the deaths took place off of the\u200c base.<\/p>\n<p>Military.com reported it \u2062began\u200c inquiring about \u200dthe \u200bdeaths after investigating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-accusers-social-media-posts-return-light-cast-even-doubt-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media\u2064 posts<\/a> alleging Tinker was amid \u200ca rash of suicides.<\/p>\n<p>In an email\u2062 statement to\u200d Military.com, Ruscetta said her staff is \u201cdeeply saddened by the losses we have experienced at\u200d Tinker Air Force Base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-to-send-gun-trafficking-strike-forces-to-5-u-s-cities\/\" title=\"DOJ to send gun trafficking strike forces to 5 U.S. cities\">focus moving forward<\/a> is to let everyone know we \u200dvalue them, and we stand\u2062 together \u2064as a team,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2023-08-17\/oklahoma-tinker-air-force-17-deaths-11079013.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stars and Stripes<\/a> reported there are about 30,000 personnel \u2063on the base, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-taxpayers-paying-gov-andrew-cuomos-2-5m-legal-fees\/\" title=\"N.Y. taxpayers paying Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s .5M legal fees\">including government employees<\/a>, contractors and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Military.com said \u2064mental health assistance is available\u2064 around the clock to service members \u2062or veterans from the Veterans and Military Crisis Line by calling or texting 988. Help also is available via chat at 988lifeline.org and veteranscrisisline.net.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seventeen-people-died-tinker-air-force-base-2023-military-refuses-disclose-causes-report\/\">Seventeen People \u2063Have Died\u2064 at Tinker Air Force Base in 2023, But Military Refuses to Disclose\u200d Causes: Report<\/a> appeared \u200cfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tinker Air Force Base in the Midwest is raising concerns as 17 individuals have died in 2023. Military.com reported the deaths, leaving military and civilian personnel questioning the situation. The causes of these deaths have not been disclosed yet, according to base spokesperson Kimberly Woodruff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":2005722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}