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    Step-by-Step Guide for how to Transfer GI Bill Benefits

    You must meet all eligibility requirements outlined in DoDI 1341.13, Change 1, Post-9/11 GI Bill and AFI 36-2649, Voluntary Education Program, Attachment 13, prior to applying for the Transfer of Education Benefits (TEB). NOTE: Airmen must have at least six years in service (active duty and/or Selected Reserve) and effective 12 July 2019, no more
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    What is the Reserve Student Loan Repayment Program?

    Applicable to: Air Force ReserveThe Student Loan Repayment Program is an Air Force Reserve program that makes one annual payment, per qualifying loan account number, directly to the lending institution toward the balance of an individual’s student loans. It is a program designed to attract and retain individuals in critical wartime specialties for
  • A student and participant in the 2019 Aviation Career Education Academy poses in the co-pilots chair of an Air Force Reserve KC-135R Stratotanker. The ACE academy provides middle school students weeklong immersion experiences in a variety of aviation and aerospace professions. The Oklahoma City ACE toured with the 507th ARW on June 5, 2019 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Maj. Jon Quinlan)

    Students get hands-on aviation experience at Tinker

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Twenty-six students from all corners of Oklahoma visited various units here June 5, 2019, to learn more about future careers in aviation.  The Aviation Career Education Program, commonly known as ACE, hosts weeklong summer camps with assistance from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, Federal Aviation
  • Torren Jackson (center) is pictured with rescuers that helped free him from swift running water May 29, 2019 when he was swept from the road while riding his bike and trapped inside a culvert in Prague, Oklahoma. From left: Teggan Jackson, Dakota Fite, Torren Jackson and Eric Whitesel. (Courtesy photo by Sharon Lee/Prague Times Herald)

    Reservist rescues boy from flood waters

    A KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here saved the life of an eight year old boy who was trapped in a flooded drainage ditch May 29, 2019, in Prague, Oklahoma.
  • A 507th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker flown by pilots Capt. Chris Nutt and 1st Lt. Cody Rosecrans from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, lead a formation of U.S. and Italian Air Forces aircraft consisting of F-35 Lightning IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons and a B-52 Stratofortress over the Adriatic Sea during Astral Knight 19, June 4, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua R. M. Dewberry)

    On-Final News Bulletin - June 8, 2019

    ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – June 8, 2019 (Vol 39, No. 6)Okies support NATO exerciseAstral Knight is an exercise taking place throughout various locations in Europe, involving over 900 Airmen and supports the collective defense and security of NATO allies and U.S. forces in Europe. A 507th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker flown by pilots Capt.
  • The Navy Blue Angels perform at the 2019 Star Spangled Salute Air and Space Show at Tinker Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    Star Spangled Salute Air and Space Show a success at Tinker

    The sounds of jet engines filled the air as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels headlined the 2019 Tinker Air Force Base Star Spangled Salute Air and Space Show June 1-2 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. This year’s Air Show theme, “Saluting our United States Armed Forces, Past, Present and Future,” honored the men and women who served our country and commemorated
  • A U.S. Air Force Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 507th Air Refueling Wing out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., takes off during Northern Edge, May 14, 2019, from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises in 2019 that prepares joint forces to respond to crises in the Indo-Pacific region

    Okies support joint exercise Northern Edge

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing joined approximately 10,000 U.S. military personnel participating in exercise Northern Edge 2019, a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces on and above the central Alaska ranges and the Gulf of Alaska May 13-24, 2019.
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    Video: Surprise homecoming

    Lt. Col. Stephen Williams, a Reserve Citizen Airman with the 513th Air Control Group, returned home to Oklahoma City to surprise his three sons at an OKC Dodgers baseball game May 10, 2019. Williams was deployed to Southwest Asia performing duties as part of Operation Resolute Support. Welcome home!
  • Tech. Sgt. Amanda Baty, 507th Force Support Squadron, received the Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter award for the first quarter during the May UTA commander's call at the base theater, May 5, 2019, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy)

    507th ARW announces quarterly award winners

    On May 5, leadership from the 507th Air Refueling Wing here announced the 1st quarter award winners for 2019 at the wing commander’s call at the base theater.
  • Tech. Sgt. Jocilyn Grable, 507th Air Refueling Wing Development and Training Flight program manager, and Master Sgt. Jessica Smith, 507th Operations Group career assistance advisor, are recognized for recently attaining Community College of the Air Force degrees during the May UTA commander's call at the base theater, May 5, 2019, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy)

    Tinker Reservists earn CCAF degrees

    Two Reserve Citizen Airmen in the 507th Air Refueling Wing here received their Community College of the Air Force diplomas May 5, 2019, during commander’s call at the base theater. Seven other members of the wing also earned their degrees, along with seven Reservists in the 513th Air Control Group.
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