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  • Airmen picking up the pieces

    Members of Team Tinker are picking up the pieces after one of the largest and most costly tornadoes in history ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, Monday May 20, 2013. In the 507th Air Refueling Wing alone, more than 20 Airmen and their families suffered either minor damage or a total loss after Monday

  • Oklahoma Tornado Relief

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  • Individual Ready Reserve muster screening at Tinker cancelled

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced that due to the devastating tornado that touched down in Moore, Okla., the Individual Ready Reserve Muster Screening, scheduled for June 8 at Tinker AFB, Okla., has been cancelled. Individuals required to attend were originally provided reporting

  • EF-5 tornado hits near Tinker AFB

    Nearly 250 members of the Oklahoma National Guard, as well as members of Tinker Air Force Base are assisting with victim search and security in Moore, Okla., where a tornado left at least 24 dead, authorities said.The twister hit Monday, May 20, about 3:15 p.m. CDT, just three miles south of Tinker.

  • Massive tornado hits Moore, Okla.

    A powerful tornado touched down approximately three miles south of Tinker AFB hitting the town of Moore, Oklahoma. The 507th Air Refueling Wing Crisis Action Team is active and conducting accountability of all personnel at this time."We are deeply devastated by this tornado, and our heart and

  • 507th ARW budget analyst recovers from motorcycle crash

    May kicks off Motorcycle Safety Awareness month where drivers of all vehicles are reminded to share the road with motorcyclists and for one member of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, this message is especially important.Gary Alexander, 507th Air Refueling Wing budget analyst, is recovering from

  • Tinker Reservists return from Southwest Asia

    More than 20 Reserve Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing returned home to Tinker Air Force Base May 13th, after a five-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of on-going air refueling operations in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The 507th Air Refueling Wing is the largest

  • 507th KC-135 Stratotanker gets a bath

    Staff Sgt. Ryan Harris, 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief rinses soap off the belly of a KC-135 Stratotanker which was scheduled for its routine wash on May 5, 2013 in the hangar also known as the fuel barn.Aircraft go through a general wash cycle of 180 days unless they are sent into

  • Tinker AWACS' father-son team

    Although they aren't in the same career field, Master Sgt. Frank Deitchman and Airman 1st Class Dennis Deitchman are a father-son team proud to serve and work on the E-3 Sentry here at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Sergeant Deitchman is an Air Radar Technician with more than 5,400 flight hours on the

  • 'We're listening': 2013 Community Assessment Survey under way

    "We're listening" is the call from the Air Force Integrated Delivery System. The Air Force IDS is sponsoring the 2013 Air Force Community Assessment Survey, which runs through June 30. For the first time, the Community Assessment Survey will be administered to the Total Force: Active duty members