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  • The boom on a 507th Air Refueling Wing’s KC-135 Stratotanker is at the ready as an E-3 Sentry from the 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron prepares to gain elevation in order to start an aerial refueling training mission over the cloudy skies of St. Louis.

    Highly skilled dance performed at 25,000 feet

    When most people think about skillful dancing, the thought of a couple moving gracefully across a dance floor comes to mind. If you are part of the KC-135 Stratotanker refueling crew, you're probably picturing two planes less than 50 feet apart bouncing around at 25,000 feet while trying to connect a refueling boom into what appears to be a golf
  • The flightline remains empty as a snow storm causes poor flying conditions. Members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing aren't able to get outside to work on the planes in the snow and dangerously low temperatures. It's the second storm in a week to come through the area, making work conditions rather difficult. (Photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    Another snowstorm moves in

    An unexpected snowstorm blew in for the second time in less than a week, making outside work conditions around the 507th Air Refueling Wing very difficult. The whiteout conditions combined with the frigid temperatures brought work to a halt on the flight line as workers are not able to get outside to take care of daily tasks.After enduring months
  • Airman Jadie Evans, an intelligence analyst for the 507th Operations Support Flight, listens to a story from a veteran at the Norman Veterans Center in Norman Oklahoma. Over $4,000 was raised by members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing for gifts to be donated to the veterans. Several members went to the center to help serve food, drinks and help open gifts during the annual Christmas party. Members of the 507th have been donating gifts since the center opened in 1996. (Photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    Reserve and Guard Airmen spread holiday cheer to disabled veterans

    Reserve and Guard Airmen treated over 300 area disabled veterans to Christmas gifts, food and holiday cheer at the Norman Veterans Center Christmas party December 21.The program, better known as Angel Tree, is run every year by members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, 137th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group supporting the veterans
  • Staff Sgt. Jason Overstreet, 507th Security Forces Squadron, inspects Christy Roberts in front of the Airman Leadership School during December’s unit training assembly. Roberts is one of the first candidates to take part in a new Air Force Reserve Command initiative that prepares newly enlisted recruits for the transition between the civilian life and the air force life. (Photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    New program prepares recruits for Air Force Basic Military Training

    Twenty two Air Force Reserve enlistees took part in the new Development and Training Flight (DTF) program here designed to ease civilians into Air Force life. New recruits awaiting Basic Military Training (BMT) have the opportunity to take part in this program, the first of its kind for the 507th. It's designed to give newly enlisted Airmen the
  • TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma – Members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, 513th Air Control Group and the 137th Air Refueling Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard gather around the serving line picking steak dinner plates for the 14th annual Operation Holiday Spirit fund raiser. This year’s event, held at the Del City American Legion was its biggest ever. Three hundred eleven people came out to raise over $34,000 through organization donations and auction items. The charity event is to help out Airman families in need.

    Operation Holiday Spirit a big success

    The Del City American Legion was alive with activity here Nov. 30, as Reserve and Guard Airmen raised over $34,000 for military families in need at the Operation Holiday Spirit (OHS) annual charity fund raiser. This year marks the 14th year of Operation Holiday Spirit, where members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, 513th Air Control Group and 137th
  • A 465th Air Refueling Squadron crew refuels a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster from the 172nd Airlift Wing over the skies of Louisiana on November 29. The 465th ARS crew conducted over 45 minutes of refueling with the Mississippi ANG unit. (Photo by Capt. Jon Quinlan)

    Air Refueling over the skies of Louisiana

    A 465th Air Refueling Squadron crew refuels a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster from the 172nd Airlift Wing over the skies of Louisiana on November 29. The 465th ARS crew conducted over 45 minutes of refueling with the Mississippi ANG unit.
  • After a half-mile uphill litter carry race in the Self-Aid/Buddy Care challenge, the 507th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron team wills themselves to the finish line during the Nov. 10 Defender Challenge competition. Six teams from Tinker’s 72nd Security Forces, Altus’ 97th SFS and Tinker’s 507th ARW/SFS were pushed to the limits in various combat skills during the first event of its kind here since the 1980s. . (Air Force photo by Margo Wright)

    Reservists compete in Defender Challenge

  • Senior Master Sgt. Mike Gibson, an Air Surveillance Technician assigned to the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, hugs his wife, Shawna. Eighty nine reservists returned Sunday night from a 6-month activation supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Sandra Hatton)

    513th ACG reservists return home on veterans day

    Eighty-nine reservists from the 513th Air Control Group returned here Sunday from a six month deployment to Southwest Asia supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.Hundreds of family members, friends, coworkers, base leadership and even a high-school marching band awaited them as they cleared customs and entered an aircraft hangar."I've never had a
  • 507th Air Refueling Wing 11/16/2012 TINKER AIR FORCE BASE Okla. - The 507th 2012 award winners come together for a night of celebration. From Left to Right: Senior Airman Fallon Carte, Colonel Russell Muncy, Captain Jacquelyn Stauffer, Senior Master Sergeant Taunya Avery, Master Sergeant Shaun Loeffler, Master Sergeant Joseph Lepine, Master Sergeant Travis Fowler (filling in for a deployed Staff Sergeant Robert Mills), and Chief Master Sergeant Stephen Brown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    507th honors its top members during yearly awards banquet

     Men and women from the 507th Air Refueling Wing gathered at the base club Friday, November 2, 2012 to celebrate the yearly award recipients. The awards are given to nominees in the following categories: Airman of the Year, Non Commissioned Officer of the Year, Senior Non Commissioned Officer of the Year and Company Grade Officer of the Year. The
  • Senior Airman Krystopher Clarke (Left) of the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron and Senior Master Sgt. Carol Suggs of the 465th Air Refueling Squadron both perfected their physical fitness test.

    Fit to fight perfection has no age limitation

    What could a Senior Master Sergeant, 16 months from retirement and a Senior Airman, barely two years into his career possibly have in common? Perfection.Two members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing achieved something very few members of Air Force Reserves ever have, a perfect score on their fit to fight test. Senior Master Sgt. Carol Suggs of the
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