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  • Choctaw JRROTC tour wing aircraft

    Twenty-two members from the Choctaw H.S. Junior ROTC visited Tinker Air Force Base November 5. The four-hour tour included visiting the 72nd Security Forces Security Complex where they witnessed a military working dog demonstration and a military weapons display at the armory. The students then

  • Members exercise life support

    Members of the 507th Operations Group participated in a major exercise during the November UTA. Throughout the exercise one shop's goal was Life Support. Life Support technicians assisted aircrew members from both the 507th Operations Group and the Air National Guard' s 137th Operations Group make

  • October-November 2010 Promotions

    Airman:Harmon, Tara M. 507 LRSKane, Katrina D. 513 OSFAirman First Class:Allen, Sada B. 507 MEDSBurris, Anthony D. 507 SFS Herman, Hannah R. 507 AMXSSenior Airman:Abbott, Kristen B. 35 CBCSFlemings, David 507 CESNorman, Justin C. 507 AMXSSalvatori, Jason M. 507 LRSStaff Sergeant:Arkel, Matthew E.

  • Getting Fit to Fight -- November 2010

       In our busy lives, it's hard to find time to exercise amid work, meetings, appointments, kids' activities, school functions, vacations and many other events. So how do we reservists find time to get in the workouts we need to pass our grueling fitness test?   As a wife and mother who puts in a

  • 507th Air Refueling Wing acquires Tinker's Fitness Center West

    Over the years, the Air Force has placed a premium on physical fitness, and bases worldwide have gone to great lengths to ensure that Airmen have access to the facilities and equipment needed to get and stay fit and healthy.And Tinker Air Force Base is no different.There are five different fitness

  • Commentary: adapt to fitness to survive, thrive

    Do you ever feel like a dinosaur? Do you feel like you have been around for a while and have witnessed a dramatic shift in the environment? Do you ever wonder what has happened to this Air Force or Air Force Reserve that we all joined a few years ago? I sure do.Is it the mission? The answer is no.

  • Chaplain's Corner: 'You turned my wailing into dancing'

    Have you ever been so down that you just can't seem to get going? Do you feel you have no energy, no motivation and no desire to do anything?Maybe you are so worried and anxious about something (career, marriage, relationships, money, deployment ... take your pick) that you just can't concentrate on

  • Top five ways to prepare for an Operational Readiness Inspection

    Someone recently asked what "top five" things we can do to prepare for an operational readiness inspection. That's a very good question, because there are some things we should all keep in mind about preparing this critical inspection.  ORIs are held every 60 months and are an opportunity to

  • Wing members help repair home for local resident

    To hear her tell her story, one could say Ms. Treva Clark and her family personify the word resilience. However, it is difficult to say the same about her home.But members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing teamed up with the local chapter of a national charity to help her and her family be more

  • Aerial port squadron team makes strong showing at Reserve 'rodeo'

    "These guys are the cream of the crop," said Senior Master Sgt. Michael D. Knight.The "guys" in question were Reserve Airmen from the 72nd Aerial Port Squadron here on Tinker Air Force Base.After a two-day-long "Port Dawg" Challenge held at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Knight had plenty of reasons