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  • 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

  • The Inspection team you've never heard of

    The 1st Aviation Standards Flight is a small team of reservists performing critical inspections to ensure aircraft take off and land safely, not only at Tinker Air Force Base, but locations all over the globe. The 24-member flight, located at the Federal Aviation Administration center at Will Rogers

  • U.S. Air Force's only reserve AWACS unit receives a new commander

    Lt. Col. Brent Vander Pol assumed command of the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, the Air Force's only reserve Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) squadron, in an April 5 change of command ceremony presided by 513th Air Control Group Commander, Col. Jeffrey McGalliard. Vander Pol comes

  • 507th, 137th ARW conduct emergency evacuation exercise

    Members of the 507th and 137th Oklahoma Air National Guard Air Refueling Wings fuels shops tested their emergency evacuation response skills and teamwork here March 20. The exercise is an annual requirement allowing contributors to the wings' joint emergency extraction plan to see if their written

  • 1st ASF NCO saves Cessna crew after crash

    A 1st Aviation Standards Flight reserve technical sergeant is being hailed as an angel in waiting after he and a co-worker saved two Cessna 421 crew members from their burning wreckage at Fort Worth Spinks Airport on September 12, 2012.Tech Sgt. Brent Castleberry, 1st ASF was performing routine