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  • Thousands gather for return of 2023 Tinker Air Show

    Summer heat did not stop an estimated 301,000 people from attending the 2023 Tinker Air Show and STEM City Expo, held here July 1 and 2, 2023. The Tinker Air Show returned after COVID-19 precautions forced the cancellation of the 2021 air show. Families from across Oklahoma and beyond spent their

  • 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

  • Operation Holiday Spirit receives generous donation

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- The employees of Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Architects and Engineers in Oklahoma City donated more than $10,000 Dec. 18, 2017, to Operation Holiday Spirit, a private organization that helps military families in need. Members of OHS are made up primarily of Reservists from the 513th Air

  • 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

  • Reservists maintain aircraft, relationships via Operation Atlantic Resolve

    RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Total Force Airmen of the 507th Maintenance Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, maintained KC-135R Stratotankers here in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, strengthening the relationship between Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, July 1-29.

  • Total Force Airmen maximize refueling capacity in Europe

    RAF MILDENHALL, England -- In a long-standing total force partnership between Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, augmented the 100th Air Refueling Wing here to provide KC-135R Stratotanker air refueling

  • Reserve defenders keep watch

    A group of Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron here deployed March 31 to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to support the Afghan Air Force in their fight against insurgents in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.

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