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  • Tinker lodging to close, last weekend for reservations

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – The Indian Hills Inn here will close permanently December 31, 2022, in accordance with the Department of the Air Force divestiture of lodging operations at nine installations to meet a Defense Department requirement that all lodging is self-sustaining without taxpayer

  • Aid on the way

    Airmen from the 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 72nd Aerial Port Squadron palatize and load over 130 thousand pounds of food and medical humanitarian aid onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Costa Rica December 8, 2022, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Humanitarian operations like this one happen

  • Okies flyover Texas Tech game in honor of Veteran's Day

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla—A KC-135R assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron here performed a flyover of the Texas Tech football game November 12th, 2022, in honor of veteran’s Day weekend, in Lubbock, Texas while the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown was in attendance.The

  • Medical squadron welcomes new commander

    Col. Michael Parks, 507th Air Refueling Wing commander, passes the 507th guide-on flag to Lt. Col Joseph Ronzio, commander of the 507th Medical Squadron, on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 15, 2022. Ronzio replaced Col. Alvin Bradford, as the 507th MDS commander during the change of command

  • Okies refuel strategic bombers

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- A B-1 Lancer from the 28th Bomb Squadron assigned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas refuels with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, over north Texas October 21, 2022.

  • An Okie legacy across generations

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Col. Ken Humphrey, 507th Operations Group commander, flew his final flight as an Okie here September 29, 2022. He was joined by his son, 2nd Lt. Kennedy Humphrey, who is currently in pilot training.Humphrey will be moving the command the 927th Operations Group at the

  • ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – October 15, 2022 (Vol 42, No. 10)

    ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – October 15, 2022 (Vol 42, No. 10)(Click headline to follow link to story and photos)Okies keep the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying highA U.S. Navy Blue Angel F/A-18E Super Hornet receives fuel from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 10,

  • Okies keep the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying high

    U.S. Navy Blue Angel F/A-18E Super Hornets receive fuel from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 10, 2022, over the skies of Arizona. The Okies refueled eight Blue Angels Oct. 10, 2022, including a two-seater, the F/A-18F, delivering more than 40,000 lbs of

  • Tinker CGOC learns about Okie mission

    Members of the Tinker Company Grade Officer Council visit the 507th Air Refueling Wing to learn about the Air Force Reserve, the KC-135 Stratotanker and wing's aerial refueling mission October 4, 2022, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Mary Begy)