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  • 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

  • 507th teams prepare for Rodeo 2009

    507th Air Refueling Wing members will head off July 19 to 24 to participate in Air Mobility Command's 2009 Rodeo competition at McChord AFB, Washington. Four aircrew members and 12 maintenance members will represent the wing against more than 40 teams and the estimated 2,500 participates from the

  • Reserve unit will enhance Total Force aircrew training

    Instructors at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., have one of the most crucial missions in the Air Force, training the world's best aircrews for global reach missions. Those instructors will soon have partners in that mission when a small Reserve unit is activated at Altus in the 2010 fiscal year. In FY

  • Train Like You Mean It

    Whether you realize it or not, each of you play a crucial role in the defense and security of the United States. That's why it is vital that each of you are fully prepared to perform your Air Force duties. And at the top of the list of being prepared is the timely completion of technical training

  • Reservists need to address annual mandate

    All Reservists must annually register information about their civilian employer and job skills on the Department of Defense-run Civilian Employer Information website. The Department of Defense has established a mandatory 95% compliance rate for all services and a deadline of September 30 to meet

  • Reservists asked to report "Close Calls"

    On Feb. 25 of this year the Air Force Reserve Command implemented a new program in order to self report close call incidents simply known as "Close Call". Studies in several industries have shown that there are between 50 and 100 Close-Calls for every minor accident and 300 or more close calls for

  • Workshop's top priority is enlisted careers

    If the advance planning is any indicator, Airmen attending a half day Enlisted Workshop this September should be in for a treat. The 507th Air Refueling Wing's Human Resource Development Council is conducting its first ever Tinker Reserve Enlisted Workshop from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the