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  • Escape, evasion no walk in the woods

    465th Air Refueling Squadron aircrew members tested their survival skills last month during an escape and evasion training course held at the Glenwood training area. This year's course was taught by members of the 465th ARS Life Support section with 137th Air Refueling Wing (Oklahoma Air National

  • Airplanes and Ground Crews Are Not Lightning-Proofed

    For the second time in three years one of our KC-135's has been struck by lightning. Back on the 4th of July in 2005 lightning stuck one of our airplanes as it sat parked on the 507th parking ramp. Early in the morning of 18 March a lightning warning was issued. Shortly after maintenance personnel

  • 507th ARW names first quarter winners

    The winners of the first quarter for the 507th ARW are Capt. Monte Buchanan, Officer of the Quarter; Master Sgt. Demetrious Sumlin, Senior NCO of the Quarter; Staff Sgt. Patricia Mora, NCO of the Quarter; and Senior Airman Elaine Wegner, Airman of the Quarter. Captain Buchanan is the Executive

  • Unit member is home at last

    "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America..." She had spoken the words hundreds, maybe thousands of times. Day after day in different elementary school classrooms across south Texas she stood at attention, hand over heart, and declared her loyalty to the flag, to the ideals it

  • Seatbelt ineffective when seat is reclined

    Recently the Air Force lost another valued member while riding as a passenger in a government motor vehicle on duty. What was significant about this fatality was that the member was wearing his seatbelt! Unfortunately, he had the seat reclined four inches--rendering the effectiveness of the seatbelt

  • Liszeski named District Cubmaster of the Year

    Senior Master Sgt. David Liszeski, 507th Civil Engineer Squadron, was recently selected as Cubmaster of the Year by the Boy Scouts Will Rogers District. Sergeant Liszeski has been the leader of Yukon, Oklahoma's Pack 391 for nearly 2 years. He was nominated for this recognition by parents of the

  • AFSO21 – The Eight Types of Waste

    Within the average process, there are steps that are "Value Added," "Non-Value Added," and "Non-Value Added But Necessary." To determine how steps are categorized, ask yourself, "If the customer knew about this step, would he/ she pay for it?" If the customer is unwilling to pay for a step and the

  • Foster named for AFRC award

    Master Sgt. Norma Foster, 507th Communications Flight, was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command's 3A Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the year for 2007. The announcement for this year's communications and information Professionalism Awards was made by AFRC Vice Commander Maj. Gen. Allan

  • AFRC commander visits Tinker AFB

    Lt. General John Bradley, Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, visited Tinker Air Force Base May 4. During the 4-hour visit the general met with reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group and mission briefings. Prior to his departure, a special commander's call was

  • AFRC Commander recognizes 507th ARW aircrew

    Lieutenant General John Bradley, Commander, Air Force Reserve Command presented the Command's Aviation Well Done Award to four members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing May 4.The award was presented to Col. Randall Guthrie, Maj. Michael Remauldo, Capt. Jeffrey Milburn and Chief Master Sgt. Steven