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  • AFRC Commander visits Oklahoma reservists

    Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, visited with Reserve members March 6 and 7 during a two-day trip to Tinker AFB.During his trip General Stenner was the guest speaker at the Reserve Officer's Association Annual State of Oklahoma convention. During his visit

  • Commander addresses Oklahoma ROA convention

    Colonel Jeffery R. Glass, 507th Air Refueling Wing Commander, addressed the annual convention of the Oklahoma Department of the Reserve Officer's Association March 5.Addressing the gathering which included the national ROA president Rear Admiral Paul T. Kayye, USAN (Ret.), the colonel discussed how

  • Major Rogers named Rural Administrator of Year

    The Rural Health Association of Oklahoma (RHAO) has selected Mark Rogers, Administrator of Pushmataha Hospital, as their 2009 "Rural Administrator of the Year". Rogers, a major with the 507th Air Refueling Wing's Medical Squadron, was one of several Oklahomans honored for their dedication and

  • Lt. Col. Lehigh selected as mentor of the year

    Lieutenant Colonel S. DeAnn Lehigh has been selected as the Junior Officer Mentor of the Year by The Judge Advocate General Corps Reserves' Junior Officer Council (JOC). Lehigh, formerly the 507th Air Refueling Wing Staff Judge Advocate, transferred to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing. March Air Reserve

  • Wing reservist saves life

    On January 14, 2010, the Broken Arrow Police Department, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma presented a Lifesaving award to Officer Robert Baird.Baird is also Major Baird, an Air Force Reservist and a Logistics Officer with the 507th Air Refueling Wing's Logistics Readiness Squadron. Major Baird was on patrol

  • Member honored as a community hero

    Master Sgt. Spencer Cluff, a member of the 507th Medical Squadron and founder of Kidz 4 Troops, was honored with a Community Hero Award. Cluff's award was presented during a halftime Oklahoma City Thunder's game. The Thunder organization and Devon Energy recognized Kidz 4 Troop's support of all

  • Wing's video archive completed

    Chris Dobbs, a student hire working for the 507th ARW Public Affairs office, just completed archiving the wing's video history on DVD. Since December Dobbs has converted video from ¾", 8mm, Beta, and standard VHS tapes to DVD. Over 103 videos including footage from the World War II era to present

  • A new perspective on life and death

    As a civilian minister and AF reserve chaplain for 25+ years, I've been around death and dying. I can't tell you how many times I've visited people in the hospital or the number of funerals I've officiated, much less, attended. But about a year ago I began a new direction in my civilian ministry by

  • 507th names 1st quarter winners

    Three enlisted Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing were named quarterly award winners for the first quarter of 2010.Senior Airman Gregory Green from the 507th Maintenance Squadron took home the Airman of the Quarter award. Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Condon of the 35th Combat Communications Squadron

  • They were 16 minutes from home

    Editor's Note: The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107.They