507th Air Refueling Wing "Fun Run" raised money for Oklahoma City Memorial Day Marathon

Air Force reservists and retirees eligible for TRICARE

WASHINGTON - TRICARE has affordable healthcare programs available for all Air Force Reserve retirees - including "gray-area retirees" and actively-participating Air Force reservists, no matter what orders they are on.Reservists that retire before age 60 are eligible for TRICARE Retired Reserve

"The Aviators" comes to Tinker, highlights KC-135, E-3 missions

A crew from the popular television series "The Aviators" came to here on March 20-21, 2013 to highlight the KC-135 Stratotanker and the E-3 Sentry missions for an upcoming episode airing this fall.The film crew of four spent two days at Tinker filming the KC-135 and E-3 missions in order to

Security Manager of The Year awarded to members of the 507th Security Forces Squadron

Two members of the 507th Security Forces Squadron received the 72nd Air Base Wing 2012 Security Manager of the Year Award during the Tinker AFB quarterly security manager meeting held here on Feb 20, 2013.Master Sgt. Eric Kiddie and Tech. Sgt. Ricky Buettner received the award for going above and

Airmen return home from Southwest Asia

Fifty one members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing returned home from a deployment to Southwest Asia on Sunday March 17, 2013. The returning members make up about one third of the total number deployed on Jan. 7. They come back after supporting a broad spectrum of air refueling missions in the U.S.

Mechanics, pilots carry out missions together

Unlike other base units, pilots and aircraft mechanics with the 507th and 137th Air Refueling Wings have a unique relationship. Oftentimes, when a KC-135 Stratotanker is in the air, at least one mechanic is with the jet he maintains.A tradition carried from the Army Air Forces and days of World War

Feature-The Cooking Crew Chief: Reservist's dream comes true

A KC-135 Stratotanker dedicated crew chief here is not only ensuring our aircraft get safely in the air, but also ensuring his customers get some tasty food.Senior Airman Johnny Ordonez has been cooking for as long as he can remember and loving every minute of it after getting the idea originally

Sequestration will impact Tinker Guard and Reserve

Air Force Reserve Command officials estimate automatic budget cuts triggered by sequestration will result in a reduction of up to 18 percent of flying hours and affect the command's 13,000 civilians with more than 300 of those here in the 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control

Fear of the unknown, nothing to fear at all

Most people associate fear of the unknown with something negative, but for one shop within the 507th Maintenance Squadron, the unknown is what makes it an integral part of the mission.In this case, the unknown is cracks in metal or sheet metal parts off the KC-135 Stratotankers and it's exactly what

Guard and Reserve Command Post, a unique epicenter

It's 12:30 a.m. in the command post and a radio mounted on Tech. Sgt. Lakesha Bailey's console lights up and blasts without warning thru the speaker, "Exercise, Exercise, Exercise, Sooner Control, this is Okie 34 we are declaring a in-flight emergency and request emergency personnel and fire rescue