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  • KC-135R Stratotanker's operated and maintained by Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing arrived in Hawaii July 7, 2016 to support the Rim of the Pacific Exercise also known as RIMPAC. The Oklahoma Reservists join forces with over twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel who are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech Sgt. Aaron Oelrich)

    Oklahoma Citizen Airmen arrive for RIMPAC

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM  - Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base arrived in Hawaii July 7, 2016 to support the Rim of the Pacific Exercise also known as RIMPAC. The Oklahoma Reservists join forces with other forces from twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel
  • Blended Retirement System

    Blended retirement system training now available

    Online training designed to educate Airmen about the new Blended Retirement System, the Defense Department system with changes on the current military retirement system, is now available via Joint Knowledge Online course number P-US1330. The course is also available to those without a Common Access Card -- to include family members -- via an alternate website.
  • Capt. Dan Shaheen, 465th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, briefs KC-135 Block 45 capabilities to Lt. Gen. James “JJ” Jackson, Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, May 14, 2016, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Jackson visited Citizen Airmen in the 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group during their May Unit Training Assembly. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan)

    Q & A with AFRC Commander

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - Lt. Gen. James “JJ” Jackson, Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command visited Tinker Air Force Base Reserve units and members in the Reserve Officer Association here May 14.  The 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office was able to interview the general during his visit.PA:  Sir, first
  • Officials from the 513th Air Control Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Air Force Reserve, Fortis Networks, Inc. and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered to break ground on the new operations facility April 14 during a ceremony in the field east of the 72nd Air Base Wing Headquarters, Bldg. 460. The 32,000 sq. ft. facility will allow the currently physically separated units to have a consolidated Air Control Group Headquarters, Operations Support Flight and Airborne Air Control Squadron facility. The building is scheduled to be completed by January 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan)

    Reserve AWACS unit breaks ground on new facility

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Officials from the 513th Air Control Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Air Force Reserve, Fortis Networks, Inc. and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered to break ground on the new operations facility April 14 during a ceremony in the field east of the 72nd Air Base Wing Headquarters, Bldg. 460. The groundbreaking
  • Members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing review their Airman's Manual to identify an unidentified explosive ordnance during a Ability to Survive and Operate course, April 3, 2016 at Tinker Air Force Base. The 507th ARW held the ATSO course as part of the Super Unit Training Assembly which was held April 2-5. The extended training allowed all Reservists to complete annual training during one UTA weekend. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan)

    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. “We need our Citizen Airmen trained and ready to

  • 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.
  • Maj. Gen. John C. Flournoy, Jr., Commander, Fourth Air Force, passes the guidon to the new 507th Air Refueling Wing commander, Col. Douglas E. Gullion, at the change of command ceremony April 2, 2016, at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Gullion is a command pilot who has served nearly 30 years and has flown more than 6,500 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)

    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. Gullion served as the 507th Operations Group Commander here for 18 months before taking command of the wing from Col. Brian S. Davis. Flournoy
  • Experts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Reserve, National Guard Bureau and the Legacy Tanker Division, view maintenance work on a KC-135 “Stratotanker” maintained by the 507th Maintenance Group March 16, 2016, at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The group, headed by Maj. Gen. Glenn Davis, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, AFLCMC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visited the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham Air National Guard Base, Alabama, and Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana to enhance KC-135 customer service between all the agencies. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan)

    Crosstalks aimed at improving KC-135 service

    Experts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Reserve, National Guard Bureau and the Legacy Tanker Division conducted a customer support visit here and at two other bases, March 14-18, to listen to unit concerns regarding KC-135 "Statotanker" support and logistics.

  • Crosstalks aimed at improving KC-135 service

    Experts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Reserve, National Guard Bureau and the Legacy Tanker Division conducted a customer support visit here and at two other bases, March 14-18, to listen to unit concerns regarding KC-135 "Statotanker" support and logistics.The team, headed by Maj. Gen. Glenn Davis, Mobilization
  • An artist's rendering of the B-21 Long-Range Strike Bomber. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21, at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 26, 2016, in Orlando, Fla., and announced the Air Force will be taking suggestions from Airmen to help decide the name of the bomber.

    Air Force next-generation bomber naming contest begins

    At the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced the newest bomber addition to the Air Force's long history of aircraft, the B-21. Now it's up to you to name it."I'm challenging and I'm calling on every Airman," James said. "We want our active-duty, our (Air) National Guard,
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