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  • Maintenance airmen capitalize on KC-135 training opportunity

    Master Sgt. Marcus Robello, the 507th Maintenance Squadron Flight Chief, poses with a KC-135 before assembling his team to do maintenance on it on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 29, 2022. Robello has been working as a crew chief for 15 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine

  • Reservists build a bridge of service around the world

    TINKER AFB, Ok. – Tucked away in a rural town of Nigeria, lies a small mission hospital where a young Ifiok Idem and Emem Idem worked together as local doctors. One day, someone was in dire need of surgery and a blood transfusion, yet there was not enough blood in the blood bank.

  • Just keep swimming; Reservists train on water survival

    ​TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Thirty U.S. Air Force Reserve aircrew members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group here attended a water training exercise at a local wave pool for water survival recertification, June 4, 2022.

  • Just keep swimming; Reservists train on water survival

    Reservists with the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group perform water survival training June 4, 2022, at Hurricane Harbor in Oklahoma City. Training is required every three years for aircrew, and is designed to train members on how to survive an emergency water scenario long

  • How to Buy Back Military Time

    Eligible military service time can be added to a federal employee’s retirement date. This action is called a military deposit under the Federal Employee Retirement System, or better known as “buying back” military time.

  • What's the "Dill"...

    The Gerrity Fitness Center is excited to offer Pickleball at Tinker AFB to our awesome customers. We will be hosting a Pickleball Doubles Tournament on 15 April beginning at 0800.  The event will be played on our tennis court pavilion, located on the west side of building 6004 along McNarney Avenue.

  • ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – April 5, 2022 (Vol 42, No. 4)

    ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – April 5, 2022 (Vol 42, No. 4)(Click headline to follow link to story and photos)Okies refuel F-16sThree F-16s from the 301st Fighter Wing Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, fly alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing March 25,

  • Okies refuel F-16s

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Three F-16s from the 301st Fighter Wing Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, fly alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing March 25, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. 

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