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  • On time, every time

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - The Air Force Reserve Command has initiated a beta test of the Reserve Travel System at five U.S. locations to help reduce the time it takes for some traditional reservists to get their travel vouchers processed and paid.The test is a response to repeated requests from

  • Daddy's home

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Families, friends and Air Force Reserve leaders lined up June 11 to greet thirteen Citizen Airmen of the 507th Maintenance Group here upon returning home from a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia. Master Sgt. Robert Mills of the 507th Maintenance Squadron here

  • Chaplains: Then, now and into the future

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Since the humble beginnings of our armed forces, there have been many changes. One of the few consistencies has been the Chaplain Corps. The Chaplain Corps dates back to July 29, 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized one chaplain for each regiment of the

  • Q & A with AFRC Commander

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - Lt. Gen. James “JJ” Jackson, Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command visited Tinker Air Force Base Reserve units and members in the Reserve Officer Association here May 14.  The 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office was able to

  • First AFRC tanker goes digital at Tinker

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The 507th Air Refueling Wing here is the first Air Force Reserve Command unit to receive the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade, an improvement to the flight deck that provides flight crews with an updated autopilot and digital panels that eliminate analog instrument gauges

  • Air Force holds KC-46 public meeting

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Air Force officials held a KC-46A scoping meeting April 21 in Midwest City, Oklahoma, where the public and interested state and federal agencies were invited to ask questions and provide feedback regarding the process of choosing a Reserve-led KC-46A third main

  • KC-46 public meeting scheduled for April 21

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The U.S. Air Force is holding an open house meeting April 21 to solicit comments from members of the communities surrounding the base on the proposed bed down of the KC-46A Third Main Operating Base, or MOB 3, mission here. Opportunities for the public to provide

  • Reserve AWACS unit breaks ground on new facility

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Officials from the 513th Air Control Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Air Force Reserve, Fortis Networks, Inc. and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered to break ground on the new operations facility April 14 during a ceremony in the field east of the 72nd Air Base

  • What’s so super about the Super UTA?

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Citizen Airmen of the 507th Air Refueling Wing here participated in the second annual Super Unit Training Assembly April 2-5 to accomplish ancillary training requirements. The Super UTA consists of two UTA weekends performed back-to-back over four consecutive days.