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  • Keeping them in the air

    It's a brisk, windy morning in mid-March, as an overcast sky and a burgeoning sunrise  tussle on the horizon. Stadium-style lights illuminate portions of the flightline on the Reserve side of Tinker Air Force Base. On any given morning, it's commonplace to see a half dozen KC-135 Stratotanker

  • Pilots, pilot candidates sought

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing's 465th Air Refueling Squadron is once again seeking experienced pilots and undergraduate pilot training application applications.  The 507th ARW is part of the Air Force Reserve and conducts flying daily in support of national defense.According to Lieutenant Colonel

  • Air Force leaders issue summer safety message

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy send the following Critical Days of Summer safety campaign message to the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force and their families:Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day

  • 507th Air Refueling Wing hosts Individual Ready Reserve Muster

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing will conduct an Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Muster on June 4, 2011 at the Tinker Club to screen and certify more than 150 IRR members. IRR members are mostly military personnel who no longer serve on active duty but have a military service obligation remaining. All

  • Traveling tooth techs

    When given orders to deploy, it's sometimes difficult for an Airman to ensure that all the necessary preparation is complete before departing.And Airmen might admit that a dental exam is usually one of the least anticipated boxes to check before shipping off.The local branch of a national dental

  • Wing optometry Airmen join humanitarian mission in Central America

    Some reservists say that a selling point to serve in the Reserve is the "one weekend a month, two weeks a year" commitment.But how to spend those two weeks (also known as annual tour)?Three Airmen from the 507th Medical Squadron teamed with more than 40 reservists from across the Air Force - active

  • Oklahoma reservists assist Japanese relief efforts

    Air Force Reservists from the 72nd Aerial Port Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, provided assistance to Operation TOMODACHI, the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts underway in Japan today. The reservists were beginning the second week of their two week annual tour at

  • Oklahoma Air Force reservists return from deployment

    Members of the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron returned to Oklahoma yesterday after serving the previous six months at various locations in the mid east supporting  Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and NEW DAWN.The civil engineers are members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, U.S. Air Force Reserve, located

  • 507th command post takes home top AFRC honors

    Early this month, Air Force Reserve Command Headquarters announced the 507th ARW CP had won the AFRC Small Command Post of the Year award.The announcement now places the CP members in the running for the Air Force level award which will be given out at the end of March. To reach this level, the CP