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  • Dedicated crew chief bids farewell to retired tanker

    For more than 60 years, the KC-135 Stratotanker has graced the skies with her airlift and aerial refueling capabilities. However, similar to all things in life, each individual jet can reach its expiration date, and its career must come to an end.

  • Reservists build a bridge of service around the world

    TINKER AFB, Ok. – Tucked away in a rural town of Nigeria, lies a small mission hospital where a young Ifiok Idem and Emem Idem worked together as local doctors. One day, someone was in dire need of surgery and a blood transfusion, yet there was not enough blood in the blood bank.

  • Alaskan Adventure

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – No less than 4 units within the 507th Air Refueling Wing here sent their members to Alaska in July to hone skills and gain knowledge in each of their respective career fields.Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 507th ARW Wing Staff, 507th Operations Group, 507th Maintenance

  • Tinker Honorary Commanders take flight with 507th ARW

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The Tinker Air Force Base Honorary Commander's 2017 Class observed a KC-135R Stratotanker mission during a local training flight April 6, 2017, here. The Honorary Commander's learned about the mission of the 507th Air Refueling Wing and Air Force Reserve Command,

  • Crossing Over

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- “I had no idea how daunting it would become.”  This was the surprising realization 2nd Lt. Ryan Cheney came to after he started his journey toward Officer Training School selection.His decision to become an officer came about two years ago.  At the time he was known

  • Tinker celebrates tanker’s history

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Members of Team Tinker were joinedby mission support partners and Reservists of the 507th Air Refueling Wing Oct. 7 to honor an Air Force icon. The KC-135 Stratotanker’s 60 yearsof service were recognized during a ceremony at Dock 5 ½ in Bldg. 3001. TheKC-135’s actual

  • Boom Drogue system installation for RIMPAC 16

    Staff Sgt. James Andrus and Senior Airman Travis Krause, U.S. Air Force crew chiefs with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., connect a drogue adapter to a KC-135R Stratotanker in order to connect a drogue. A drogue is used in air-to-air refueling. The probe and

  • What’s so super about the Super UTA?

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Citizen Airmen of the 507th Air Refueling Wing here participated in the second annual Super Unit Training Assembly April 2-5 to accomplish ancillary training requirements. The Super UTA consists of two UTA weekends performed back-to-back over four consecutive days.

  • Video - Resident "Okie" takes command

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - Col. Douglas E. Gullion took command of the 507th Air Refueling Wing here April 2, 2016, at a ceremony presided over by Maj. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., 4th Air Force commander.