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  • Operation Holiday Spirit begins plans

    As fall and winter months rapidly approach local Reserve and Guard members are again turning their attention to Operation Holiday Spirit. OHS is a consolidated Tinker AFB Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard drive to help raise funds that assist other needy Reserve and Guard members. This is the

  • Major Baird awarded

    Major Robert C. Baird has recently received the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal. According to the accompaning citation, the major distinguished himself by outstanding achievement as Lead Security Forces Advisor, 438th Air Expeditionary Group, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power

  • New recruits embark on Air Force career

    Twenty-nine people assembled on the flightline recently to enlist in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. The new Airmen will become members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing here at Tinekr Air Force Base. Family members gathered around to watch the ceremony as 507th ARW Wing Commander, Col Jeffery R. Glass

  • Wing recognizes Quarterly winners

    The top Airmen of the Quarter awards were announced recently for the 507th Air Refueling Wing. The winners, pictured left to right, are Capt. Bruce Hanna, 507th ARW Operations Group as Company Grade Officer of the Quarter; MSgt Jeffery Thompson from the 507 ARW Mission Support Group as Senior NCO of

  • 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