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  • Walking on the wild side

    The goal for pest management and entomology is to keep the base's insect, rodent and feral animal population at a manageable level, Argo said. To do this they use a variety of control measures; such as setting up traps for feral animals, utilizing rodenticides and pesticides and employing local

  • Video: Okies bring the boom

    In honor of the Air Force's 70th birthday and the 507th Air Refueling Wing's 45th Anniversary, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th ARW, operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., performed a flyover Sept. 16, 2017, at the University of Oklahoma vs. Tulane football game held in the Gaylord

  • Deployed Reserve Civil engineers make critical runway repairs

    Maintaining an airfield is never an easy task, especially when it’s one of the busiest in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility. Responsible for making critical runway repairs, the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s heavy equipment operator team ensures that the 386th

  • Okies bring the boom

    NORMAN, Okla. -- In honor of the Air Force’s 70th Anniversary, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, performed a flyover Sept. 16, 2017, at a University of Oklahoma football game at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in

  • Seymour Johnson awarded KC-46A Pegasus

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is officially designated as the next destination for the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tanker, the Secretary of the Air Force announced Sept. 12.

  • From Scott to Scotland: Okies fly ambulance in the sky

    The 507th ARW has a fleet of eight KC-135 Stratotankers, which are used mostly for aerial refueling in operations worldwide, but the aircraft can also transform into emergency rooms in the sky to provide lifesaving in-flight patient care during a crisis.

  • VIDEO: 'Port dawgs' compete in rodeo

    Citizen Airmen of the 72nd Aerial Port Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., competed in their annual rodeo May 6, 2017, in a show of learning, team-building and esprit-de-corps. Five teams of Airmen completed five tasks within a certain time, while being evaluated for safety, proficiency and

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