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  • An Okie legacy across generations

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Col. Ken Humphrey, 507th Operations Group commander, flew his final flight as an Okie here September 29, 2022. He was joined by his son, 2nd Lt. Kennedy Humphrey, who is currently in pilot training.Humphrey will be moving the command the 927th Operations Group at the

  • Okies keep the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying high

    U.S. Navy Blue Angel F/A-18E Super Hornets receive fuel from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 10, 2022, over the skies of Arizona. The Okies refueled eight Blue Angels Oct. 10, 2022, including a two-seater, the F/A-18F, delivering more than 40,000 lbs of

  • 507th ARW second quarter award winners

    First quarter awardees from the 507th Air Refueling Wing Sep. 7, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Czajka)

  • 507th ARW first quarter award winners

    First quarter awardees from the 507th Air Refueling Wing Sep. 7, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Czajka)

  • 507th ARW September Enlisted Promotions

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Promotions from the 507th Air Refueling Wing enlisted ranks are:MASTER SERGEANTChristopher Kim, 507th Maintenance Squadron TECHNICAL SERGEANTJohn Marsh, 507th Force Support SquadronRobert Prince, 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron STAFF

  • Military spouses tour reserve wing KC-135

    Spouses of service members tour a KC-135 Okie Tanker on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 26, 2022. The tour was organized by Tinker's Military and Family Readiness office. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Czajka)

  • Tinker hosts 2022 annual KUDOS event

    507th Air Refueling Wing commander, Col. Michael Parks, briefs a group of children during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, August 27, 2022. This was Parks' first time leading a group for a KUDOS event. (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.

  • Okies search for 50th anniversary time capsule

    Former crew chief, retired Master Sgt. David Phillips assists in the search for a 50th anniversary time capsule on the F-105 Thunderchief parked in the Tinker Air Park March 24, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base.

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