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  • Inspectors Laud LCAP Strengths

    In addition to receiving an overall outstanding rating during the July Logistics Compliance Assessment Program (LCAP), inspectors took time to praise both the 507th and 137th Air Refueling Wings for their superior approach to creating an effective integrated operation.Regarding the 507th and 137th

  • 507th/137th ARW association leads by example

    A joint effort between the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 137th Air Refueling Wing led to "outstanding" results in a recent unit compliance inspection and Logistics Compliance Assessment Program (LCAP) conducted here in July.More than 80 Inspector General team officials from the Air Force Reserve

  • Military optometrists eye new patients during Shared Accord 2010

    Stepahno Shivanbe didn't know much English, but he knew enough to say, "Thank you. Thank you very much." So that's all he repeated, time and time again, as he walked out of the exam room - an olive drab shipping container marked "Optometry." The elderly man was one of the first patients treated at

  • Tinker reservists set to deploy to Southwest Asia

    More than 40 reserve Airmen from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron are scheduled to deploy to Southwest Asia in August.Master Sgt. Wendy Ellyson, the management assistant for the 507 CES, said two groups of Airmen will deploy on a combat mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Ellyson said

  • Lining up prior to receiving Navy aircraft

    KC-135 Stratotanker pilots, Major Benjamin Evans and Captain Matt Biggs of the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma get their controls set to receive U. S. Navy aircraft for refueling procedures before returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,

  • Wing air refuelers keep Hornets buzzing

    Boston, Mass. native, Staff Sergeant Ron Davis, a boom operator with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., keeps the boom of his KC-135 stratotanker steady while refueling a U. S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet over the waters of Hawaii before returning

  • F/A-18 Super Hornet refueled over Hawaii

    A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker that is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., while over Hawaiian air space during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise on July 20. RIMPAC, the world's largest

  • Okies Keep Refueling

    Oklahoma refuelers keep aircraft flying during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise here at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 23. RIMPAC, a biennial exercise in its 22nd year is hosted by U. S. Pacific Fleet and is the largest maritime exercise in the world. The exercise demonstrates a

  • Conducting a pre-flight inspection

    KC-135 Stratotanker Aircraft Commander Lt. Col. Eric Wilks with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma walks around his plane conducting a pre-flight inspection before flying a refueling mission on July 8, 2010 in support of RIMPAC 2010 at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. RIMPAC 2010 is the 22nd

  • Working a KC-135 preflight check

    KC-135 Stratotanker Pilot Lt. Col.Marv Ashbaker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma pre-flights his plane before flying a refueling mission on July 8, 2010 in support of RIMPAC 2010 at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. RIMPAC 2010 is the 22nd in a series of significant international