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  • ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – Dec. 4, 2020

    ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – Dec. 4, 2020 (Vol 40, No. 12)(Click headline to follow link to story and photos)Reservists save life of Tinker teammateThree Reserve Airmen from the 507th Force Support Squadron here worked together to save the life of a contractor electrician following a near fatal electric

  • Falcons fly with Okies

    A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, refuels F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 311th Fighter Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, during an aerial refueling training event Nov. 20, 2020.

  • Reservist structural technicians save Air Force more than $1M

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Reservists with the 507th Maintenance Squadron repaired a KC-135 Stratotanker engine cowling in-house that sustained damage by a bird strike Sept. 21, ultimately saving the Air Force more than $1 million.

  • Reservists save life of Tinker teammate

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Three Reserve Airmen from the 507th Force Support Squadron here worked together to save the life of a contractor electrician following a near fatal electric shock Oct. 24 during the November unit training assembly.Senior Airmen Thomas Stege, Victoria Slaughter and Khoa

  • ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – Nov. 5, 2020

    ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – Nov. 5, 2020 (Vol 40, No. 11)(Click headline to follow link to story and photos)Watch the 507th Air Refueling Wing Change of Command HERE!Okies say farewell to commander, viceReservists, friends and family bid farewell to both the vice commander and commander of the 507th

  • Tinker Air Force Base tightens COVID-19 guidelines

    With the continued rise in COVID-19 cases in the state and surrounding counties, the installation commander has implemented additional policy and tighter restrictions for on-base gatherings and events. “The health and safety of Tinker members remains our highest priority,” said Tinker Installation

  • ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – Sept. 11, 2020

    ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – Sept. 11, 2020 (Vol 40, No. 9)(Click headline to follow link to story and photos)Civil engineers conduct tactical convoy operations training Nearly 100 personnel from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron here participated in a three-day convoy field training exercise at

  • Social Security Payroll Tax Deferral

    In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued on August 8, 2020 and guidance followed from Internal Revenue Service on August 28, 2020, to temporarily defer Social Security (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) tax withholdings. This

  • From mission to mayor; citizen Airman serves community in, out of uniform

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Douglas Jeffrey, the 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron commander at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, has always aimed to leave things better than he found it. Jeffrey has carried this philosophy not only throughout his Air Force career, but also while serving as the Mayor

  • Air Force delays mandatory wear-date for 2PFDU, OCP items

    In an effort to reduce unnecessary stress on Airmen and Space professionals during COVID-19 restrictions, several uniform changes scheduled to become mandatory for the Operational Camouflage Pattern and Two-Piece Flight Duty Uniform on June 1, 2020, have been delayed to Sept. 1, 2020.

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