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  • THUMPERS GAIN REVENGE - WIN BASE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The 513th ACG Thumpers last game in 2008 was a 9 to 7 loss to 552 MXS in the base championship. A dropped ball deep in the outfield late in the game by a Thumper player spelled doom for the upstart Reserve squad, and gave MXS yet another base title - one of many. It also gave the Reserve team a goal

  • Making way

    Demolition crews got busy this week tearing down buildings 1041 and 1037 to prepare a site for construction of the new maintenance hangar. The buildings formerly housed maintenance functions which have been moved to other locations.

  • Wing strives to make every day Veterans Day

    The VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City received a boost from local Air Force reservists last month when several boxes of books and magazines were delivered to the downtown Oklahoma City facility. The Tinker Reserve Enlisted Advisory Council, comprised of members from the 507th Air Refueling Wng and

  • Undergraduate Pilot Training candidates sought

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing, located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is accepting application packages from applicants interested in attending Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). The Air Force Reserve is an Equal Opportunity Employer. You must meet these minimum qualifications to

  • Local civic Leaders enjoy special trip

    Honorable Dan O'Neal, Mayor of Edmond, Oklahoma and Frank Bean, right, President of the Choctaw, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce are enjoying their flight aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker. The two were part of a Team Tinker Civic Leader flight held August 13-14 hosted by the 507th Air Refueling Wing and

  • Storm hazards points to personal ORM needs

    A severe thunderstorm roared through central Oklahoma County Thursday, July 16th. At 5:05 p.m. straight winds ranging up to approximately 74 mph and hail struck Tinker AFB. According to Lt. Col. Mike Cahill, 507th ARW Safety office, the high winds moved several of the wing's KC-135R Stratotanker

  • Looking more like home

    The 35th Combat Communications Squadron added a permanent reminder of their presence on base July 10 during a dedication of their new building sign. The sign, a self-help construction project, cost roughly $4,600 and took two months to build. Shown above are, left to right, Lt. Col. Pete Peterson,

  • Medical Squadon conducts mass-casualty exercise

    Alarm levels, MOPP levels, take cover, incoming casualties...these were the resounding echoes heard throughout the 507th Medical Squadron (MDS) on June 6th. Over 70 members in the 507th MDS participated in an all-day training and mass-casualty exercise. Early in the morning, Lt. Col. Thomas

  • Wing helping fan management fire storm

    If you were to walk through the individual offices at the 507th Air Refueling Wing and you might be tempted to think everything is calm and "business as usual." You definitely wouldn't think the wing is fanning the flames of a command-wide management fire storm. But that's exactly what's taking

  • Education is the key to opportunity

    Being enlisted in the United States Reserve we have an investment in the Community College of the Air Force. This post-secondary or tertiary education is a non-compulsory educational opportunity provided to us for our intellectual growth and continued advancement within the enlisted grades. The