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  • 513th Maintenance Squadron welcomes new commander

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The 513th Maintenance Squadron change of command ceremony was held March 2, 2024, and Col. Alison Schorr, 513th Air Control Group deputy commander, presided over the ceremony.Maj. Ashley Hewko took command of the 513th MXS, succeeding Lt. Col. Carol Stanley as the

  • Okies welcome new flying squadron commander

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Lt. Col. David Vera Torres succeeded Lt. Col. Matthew Biggs as the commander of the 465th Air Refueling Squadron here in a change of command ceremony Feb. 3, 2024.

  • Okies host "Boss Lift" for civilian employers

    A B-52 Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Dec. 14. 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lauren Kelly)

  • Sooners ROTC cadets fly with the Okies

    A WC-135R Constant Phoenix reconnaissance aircraft from the 45th Reconaissance Operations Group at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, Dec. 7, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lauren Kelly)

  • ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – December 2, 2023 (Vol 43, No. 12)

    ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – December 2, 2023 (Vol 43, No. 12)(Click headline to follow link to story and photos)Parade for the holidaysCol. Doug Jeffrey, 507th Operations Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Darren Wiseman, 507th ARW command chief, hand out candy at the holiday parade Nov. 29, 2023,

  • Parade for the holidays

    Col. Doug Jeffrey, 507th Operations Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Darren Wiseman, 507th ARW command chief, hand out candy at the holiday parade Nov. 29, 2023, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lauren Kelly)

  • Leaders learn the ‘craft

    An officer from the Tinker First Term Officer Course sits in the pilot seat of a 507th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 7, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Czajka)

  • Field trip! High school students tour a KC-135

    STEM and aviation students from Kingfisher High School explore the boom pod of a 507th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 7, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Czajka)

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