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  • Okie Reservists train with Aviano Air Base Airmen

    U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen with the 507th Air Refueling Wing from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., completed their required two-week annual tour at Aviano Air Base, Italy.  More than 50 reservists including chaplains, crew chiefs and force support performed daily operations with Team Aviano.

  • Tinker AFB selected as candidate for Reserve KC-46A main operating base

    Air Force officials announced that Tinker Air Force Base is among four Air Force installations chosen as a possible location to operate the first Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A main operating base.Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina; Westover Air Reserve Base,

  • CSAF talks with Guard, Reserve component at Tinker

    Over 1,000 Guard and Reserve Airmen had the opportunity to listen to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Mark A. Welsh III speak April 11 about key issues affecting the Air Force.After visiting the active duty and civilian force April 8-10, General Welsh and his wife, Betty, extended their visit to

  • Social Media: Unwanted eyes may be watching

    Social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr can provide an instantaneous and highly entertaining feedback stream of your daily activities to friends and family. The latest videos of dogs running with fireworks in their mouths, kittens tumbling in the snow or Internet memes of celebrity

  • Spouse orientation flight showcases reserve refueling mission

    During the February unit training assembly the 507th Air Refueling Wing worked jointly with STRATCOM Wing One to fly Navy and wing spouses on a KC-135R orientation flight to showcase the Air Force Reserve aerial refueling mission.    The mission was a normally scheduled air refueling training sortie

  • VIDEO - March Super UTA

    VIDEO STORY - Click here for the videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGtCmKMVXCAThe 507th Air Refueling Wing is holding its first Super Unit Training Assembly on March 5-8 to give time back to Reservists. Deployment Tempo for Reservist has been and remains high, even as drawdowns overseas

  • President's Budget Request restores manpower to the Air Force Reserve

    The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal year 2016 includes a number of proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve.If enacted into law, the DOD budget request would restore 2,100 manpower positions to the Air Force Reserve and increase the Air Force Reserve's presence in a number of

  • Reservists awarded Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal

    Members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing are now authorized to wear the Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal as operations here are in direct support of nuclear deterrence operations."This service medal provides a clearly visible way to recognize the dedication and professionalism of our

  • Local pharmacist awarded Patriot Award for support of Reservist

    A local Del City, Okla. employer of a Tinker Air Force Base Reservist was surprised Thursday, Feb. 5 with a presentation of the Patriot Award from the Oklahoma Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve office and a local Air Force Reservist.   The Patriot Award is awarded to employers who go above