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  • Tinker Air Force Reservists Support Local Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

    Various members from the Air Force Reserve community gathered Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Sunrise Park Apartments, here in Oklahoma City. Coming from the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group, some of these reservists were armed with brooms, mops, vacuum cleaners, cleaning rags,

  • Services reservists deploy to support hurricane relief efforts

    Senior Airman Stephanie Heath, a Services technician from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, has joined with 24 other Air Force Reservists deployed to Keesler AFB, Miss. The Services reservists started deploying there during the first week of September to provide food service and field lodging support in

  • Oklahoma Air Force Reservists creating Christmas miracles

    With only a few days left until Christmas, a small group of Air Force Reservists are producing holiday miracles for those less fortunate. Members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group have again stepped forward to raise food, clothing and more than $10,000 during their

  • Entire family dons BDUs in support of CAP missions

    Technical Sgt. Jimmy Thompson’s entire family has taken up the mission of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) program. For the last few months the Thompson family has participated in the CAP program Cleveland County Composite Squadron, Westheimer Airpark, Norman, Oklahoma. “We wanted to spend more quality

  • Split Training Option Flight: They're not a forgotten force

    Two years ago, Air Force Reserve Command initiated a new program for non-prior service recruits entering military service. That program, called the Split Training Option, evolved as a result of the lack of available technical school training positions for recruits coming out of basic

  • Security Forces at home in new 8,740 square foot facility

    After six years, the 507th Security Forces Squadron members now have a place to call home. During a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 3, 507th ARW Commander Col. Dean Despinoy dedicated a new 8,740 square foot facility, building 1095, stating “We are very happy for the support from Tinker Air

  • HRDC initiative supports area school

    The hands-on involvement of unit reservists has helped a local metro area school achieve a national scholastic award. The reservists, operating under a 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group Human Resource Development Council community outreach effort supported the 8th grade Math and

  • Colonel Despinoy nominated for brigadier general

    For deployed 507th Air Refueling Wing commander Col. Dean J. Despinoy, the news couldn’t have been better. The colonel was awoken at 3 a.m. the day prior to Thanksgiving Day and told, “Your name made the President’s brigadier general nomination list.” “I am honored to have this opportunity to

  • Knight chosen as Hughes Award recipient

    Amid roaring applause, Staff Sgt. Courtney Knight (formerly Penn) stepped forward earlier this month to become the eighth recipient of the 507th Air Refueling Wing’s Billy Hughes Award. The Hughes Memorial Award for Exemplary Enlisted Service is presented annually to the enlisted member of the 507th