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  • Fit to fight perfection has no age limitation

    What could a Senior Master Sergeant, 16 months from retirement and a Senior Airman, barely two years into his career possibly have in common? Perfection.Two members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing achieved something very few members of Air Force Reserves ever have, a perfect score on their fit to

  • Just a little to the left

     Colonel Russell A. Muncy, Commander of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, watches casually as Lt. Col. Bradley E. J. Garcia, Commander of the 507th Maintenance Squadron misses the target during the recent Family Fun Day. Muncy took the dunk tank chair first and drew a long line of people waiting to see

  • Family Day Packed House

     Members and their families from the 507th ARW pack the maintenance hangar during the recent Family Day celebration. The men and women from the 507th and their families take advantage of the free hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks while taking a break from the heat. Booths and activities lined the

  • EAACS total force members complete deployed mission

    Many Air Force units in deployed locations operate by bringing together Airmen from different bases, who must learn to work as a team during their rotation to achieve mission success.The more than 200-member squadron responsible for the E-3 Sentry mission at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing,

  • 507th ARW recognized for superior performance

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the recipient of the Airlift/Tanker Associations' Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III Award for 2012.According to the A/TA website, the award "recognizes the Air Reserve outstanding Wing/Group contributing to the overall success of the

  • Preparing for RIMPAC 2012 takeoff

    Staff Sgt. Sean Gilson, a boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., lowers the cargo door prior to a mission during Rim of the Pacific exercise, July 23, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200

  • Refueling a Hornet over the Pacific

    PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 20120) - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matt Tompkins, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron refuels U.S. Marine Corps F-18 Hornet over Hawaii in support of RIMPAC July 28, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than

  • Refueling missions continue at RIMPAC 2012

    Lieutenant Colonel Tom Hudnall, a pilot with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., takes off from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii in a KC-135 Stratotanker during Rim of the Pacific exercise, July 24, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more

  • Nighttime refueling keeps F/A-18 Hornet flying

    A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet with the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465 Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., during Rim of the Pacific exercise, July 23, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships

  • Wing refueling missions support RIMPAC participants

    U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon refuels east of Hawaii by a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron July 24, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3,