On 7/28/08, "Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Tinsley, 45, suffered a gunshot wound to his chest. He was named base commander of Elmendorf Air Force base in Alaska, in May 2007.

He had served as an F-15 instructor pilot, F-15C test pilot, wing weapons officer, exchange officer and instructor with the Royal Australian Air Force...

His previous 22-month assignment was executive officer to the Air Force chief of staff, Gen. T. Michael "Buzz" Mosely, who resigned in June under pressure in an agency shake-up.

Mosely, the Air Force military chief, and Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne, the agency's civilian head, were held accountable for failing to fully correct an erosion of nuclear-related performance standards. One concern was a cross-country flight in August of a B-52 carrying armed nuclear weapons.

Walberg said Tinsley was not under investigation or undue stress.

"As far as stress, sir, this job, by nature of being an Air Force officer in a nation at war, is stressful," he said. "Undue stress, no."

Representatives of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology will do a report and declare whether Tinsley's cause of death was suicide, Walberg said. Such reports take about 30 days."

From what I can gather reading the General Tinsley's biography from cohorts, he was straight up real and cared about those he worked with, it seems highly unlikely that a man of his caliber would take his life in his home with his family there. It also seems strange that General Tinsley died on 7/28 and Bruce E. Ivins, died (details still unclear and unproven) on 7/29.

Air Force officer in Alaska dies in likely suicide.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152ap_air_force_death.html

Thousands mourn Elmendorf 1-star.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/08/airforce_tinsley_080108w/

http://www.thetreeofliberty.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24390
The reference link has been scrubbed, however, there is still a list of comments.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10027206?source=most_viewed

Brigadier General dead of gunshot wound.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6600ap_wst_general_dead.html

Gunshot kills Elmendorf wing commander Unclear if Brig. Gen. Tinsley's death an accident or suicide.
http://www.adn.com/front/story/478085.html