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  • Capt. Adam Steichen receives a hero’s welcome from his kids, Marie and Tessa, after returning from Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jon Quinlan)

    Airmen return home from Southwest Asia

    Fifty one members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing returned home from a deployment to Southwest Asia on Sunday March 17, 2013. The returning members make up about one third of the total number deployed on Jan. 7. They come back after supporting a broad spectrum of air refueling missions in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The cold,
  • Master Sgt. Robert Ahern, a 137th Air Refueling Wing crew chief, left, and Airman 1st Class Mykal Short, a 507th Air Refueling Wing ISO Dock crew chief, hook up a tow bar and make sure the sheer pin is installed to be able to tow a KC-135 Stratotanker to the trim pad for engine runs. The 137th ARW, an Oklahoma Air National Guard unit, is a partner unit with the 507th ARW. The Airmen of both units work side-by-side to ensure the planes are well-maintained for mission capability. (Air Force photo by Kelly White)

    Mechanics, pilots carry out missions together

    Unlike other base units, pilots and aircraft mechanics with the 507th and 137th Air Refueling Wings have a unique relationship. Oftentimes, when a KC-135 Stratotanker is in the air, at least one mechanic is with the jet he maintains.A tradition carried from the Army Air Forces and days of World War II, the task is necessary for the aging KC-135s."I
  • Senior Airman Johnny Ordonez poses in his new Mexican style restaurant. Ordonez, a reservist here in the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron partnered with his family and opened the La Fonda Café in December.

    Feature-The Cooking Crew Chief: Reservist's dream comes true

    A KC-135 Stratotanker dedicated crew chief here is not only ensuring our aircraft get safely in the air, but also ensuring his customers get some tasty food.Senior Airman Johnny Ordonez has been cooking for as long as he can remember and loving every minute of it after getting the idea originally from his grandmother.On December 12, 2012, Ordonez
  • Tech Sgt. Jonathan Sanders monitors engine start up here Wednesday for a 137th Air Refueling Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard evening mission Feb. 6. The mission of the 137th ARW and 507th ARW continues daily providing air refueling worldwide. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Jon Quinlan)

    Sequestration will impact Tinker Guard and Reserve

    Air Force Reserve Command officials estimate automatic budget cuts triggered by sequestration will result in a reduction of up to 18 percent of flying hours and affect the command's 13,000 civilians with more than 300 of those here in the 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group.Sequestration is a provision in budget law that triggered
  • Tech. Sgt. Lakesha Bailey, 507th Air Refueling Wing command post controller and training manager works from her console here Feb 14. The 137th ARW, Oklahoma Air National Guard and 507th ARW’s “Sooner Control” command post is the only joint guard and reserve command post with a nuclear mission in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    Guard and Reserve Command Post, a unique epicenter

    It's 12:30 a.m. in the command post and a radio mounted on Tech. Sgt. Lakesha Bailey's console lights up and blasts without warning thru the speaker, "Exercise, Exercise, Exercise, Sooner Control, this is Okie 34 we are declaring a in-flight emergency and request emergency personnel and fire rescue at runway three zero zero. We have four souls on
  • Lt. Col. Amee Howard, right, and Col. Jeffrey Pickard, 507th Maintenance Group commander, left, stand at attention for the playing of the National Anthem during the 507th Maintenance Operations Flight assumption of command ceremony, Feb. 3, 2013. Lt. Col. Howard assumes command from Maj. Carl Jones, (not shown) after she served three years as the 507th Maintenance Group executive officer. Maj. Jones now serves as the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    507th Maintenance Operations Flight gets new commander

    Lt. Col. Amee Howard assumed command of the 507th Maintenance Operations Flight from Maj. Carl Jones during an assumption of command ceremony here, Feb. 3, 2013. Howard remains at the 507th after serving the last three years as the Maintenance Group executive officer. "She has done great work for us in the past," said Col. Jeffrey Pickard, 507th
  • Tech Sgt. Michael Dudzinski marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker here Wednesday Feb. 6. The maintenance and operations crew on this evening mission were all from the 137th Air Refueling Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard which fly the 507th Air Refueling Wing KC-135’s as part of our current reserve-guard total force association. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Jon Quinlan)

    The total force mission continues

    The 137th Air Refueling Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard maintenance and operations crews launched multiple missions here Wednesday, Feb. 6. The 507th Air Refueling Wing is the first Air Force Reserve unit to serve as a host wing for an associate Air National Guard wing. Aircrew and maintenance members from Oklahoma's 137th Wing are currently
  • Master Sgt. Jason Lawson, right, and Airman 1st Class Mykal Short, left, both of the 507th maintenance squadron test the height of the new KC-135 maintenance platforms as they work their way around the wing of a Stratotanker. The new platforms are part of a package of platforms and stands that is expected to increase safety and decrease inspection times. (Photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    New maintenance platforms to increase safety, decrease inspection time

    The 507th Maintenance Squadron received and installed new KC-135 maintenance platforms here Jan. 14, designed to increase safety and efficiency while completing Isochronal Inspections (ISO). These new platforms which are approximately 1,500 square feet, spanning the length of a KC-135 wing are also designed to decrease the ISO fly to fly time,
  • Maj. Jack Spencer, second row right, 507th Air Refueling Wing staff judge advocate, was awarded the Bronze Star recently. Spencer served as the Chief of Detainee Operations to the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force, Kabul, Afghanistan, from September 2011 to October 2012. Spencer and his team were responsible for providing the Commanding General advice on over 2,100 detainee transfer request, custody request and high value detainee designations. (Courtesy photo)

    Reserve JAG earns Bronze Star

    A 507th Air Refueling Wing staff judge advocate was awarded the fourth highest combat decoration, the Bronze Star for leading detainee operations in Afghanistan for 12 months. Maj. Jack Spencer served as the Chief of Detainee Operations to the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force, Kabul, Afghanistan, from September 2011 to October 2012. As the
  • Airman 1st Class Jesus Lerma, 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, hugs his mother before processing the deployment line here Jan. 5. Lerma is one of 130 reserve Airmen who deployed to Southwest Asia in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility early this month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mark Hybers)

    Over 130 Reserve Airmen deploy to Southwest Asia

    More than 130 Reserve Airmen said goodbye to their families, friends and civilian employers here Jan. 7, as they deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Air Refueling Operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The reservists will support a broad spectrum of air refueling missions coming in and out of the area of operations. "The
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