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  • Distracted driving can have fatal consequences

    Distracted driving has become an epidemic in the United States, and its often fatal consequences are a threat to everyone.What is "distracted driving?" The definition is "driving while doing another activity that takes your attention away from driving."The human toll is tragic. In the U.S., around

  • Seymour-Johnson chosen for first Reserve-led KC-46A basing

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has been chosen as the preferred alternative for the first Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base, Air Force officials announced Oct. 29. The KC-46As are expected to begin arriving in 2019.Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; Westover Air Reserve Base,

  • Pegasus drogue, hose, boom systems deployed

    The KC-46A Pegasus notched another success this week when the systems at the heart of aerial refueling were demonstrated on EMD-2 with the deployment of both drogue systems and the boom.On Oct. 8, EMD-2 successfully extended the drogue refueling baskets from both the Centerline Drogue System (CDS),

  • Reservists commemorate 9/11 anniversary with fire climb

    This year marks the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and firefighters from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron honored the fallen with their 6th annual fire climb Sept. 13 to remember the victims and heroes who perished that day.Several members donned firefighter gear and traded packs of

  • KC-46A tanker completes successful first flight

     A KC-46A Pegasus tanker (EMD-2) made history with its first flight Sept. 25 from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, landing a few hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle."The KC-46A will provide critical refueling capacity and enhanced capabilities to the warfighter," said Secretary of the Air

  • End of an era: Model of total force comes to a close

    A historic chapter is now closed as one of the first Air Reserve Component Associations between the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard formally ended June 30 after a successful eight year partnership between the 507th and 137th Air Refueling Wings.The ARC association ended with an Oklahoma Air

  • 507th Air Refueling Wing supports Northern Edge 2015

    As with all training and operational events, the U.S. military would not be successful without a total force and joint effort, and Northern Edge 2015 is no different.Reserve units such as the 507th Air Refueling Wing, based out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., and the 459th ARW, based out of Andrews

  • Reservists fly tankers in Baltops 2015

    The U.S. Air Force, along with its Polish counterparts, officially kicked off Powidz Air Base's portion of Baltic Operations 2015 June 8 with the first KC-135 Stratotanker flight from the Air Force Reserve Command's 507th Air Refueling Wing.Baltops is a multinational maritime exercise held in