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On-Final, the monthly official bulletin for the Airmen of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command unit at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. For information, contact the 507th ARW Public Affairs Office at 405-734-3078 or email us at 507arw.pa2@us.af.mil.

June 7, 2019
Star Spangled Salute Air and Space Show a success at Tinker

The sounds of jet engines filled the air as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels headlined the 2019 Tinker Air Force Base Star Spangled Salute Air and Space Show June 1-2 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. This year’s Air Show theme, “Saluting our United States Armed Forces, Past, Present and Future,” honored the men
May 22, 2019
Summer – A time to enjoy family, friends, and practice good risk management

As Airmen approach and plan for summer activities, leadership at all levels should take the time to discuss risk management and highlight hazards Airmen may encounter during the upcoming months. The Air Force’s top three leaders began that conversation in a tri-signature memorandum recently sent to
March 5, 2019
AFSFC begins delivery of new Air Force-wide handgun

The Air Force Security Forces Center, in partnership with the Air Force Small Arms Program Office, has begun fielding the new M18 SIG Sauer Modular Handgun System to security forces units as part of the Reconstitute Defender Initiative and its effort to modernize weapon systems and increase
Jan. 6, 2019
Uniform code of military justice changes

Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Military Justice Act of 2016 will instate the most reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial in decades, modernizing dated aspects of the military justice system while also providing transparency.
May 14, 2018
Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.
April 19, 2018
Remembering our own: Tinker Airmen among 168 victims

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, claimed 168 lives, including two young Airmen from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.Airman 1st Class Lakesha Richardson Levy from the 72nd Medical Group and Airman 1st Class Cartney McRaven from the 32nd Combat
Nov. 3, 2017
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
Oct. 5, 2017
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