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  • (U.S. Air Force graphic/Robin Meredith)

    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. 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.
  • Lonita Ewing serves a heaping portion of steamed brussels sprouts to Airman 1st Class Devin Watrous, with the 552nd Operations Support Squadron, at the Vanwey Dining Facility Feb. 7.

    Vanwey Dining Facility to close until Oct.1

    The Vanwey Dining Facility here is closing Feb. 25th through Oct. 1st for structural renovations, but Tinker Air Force Base Reservists exclusively will be fed in an alternate location for the remaining seven drill weekends of FY 2019.
  • This time lapse radar image highlights the sudden F-1 tornado that touched down near Tinker Tinker Air Force Base at approximately 8:30 a.m. Oct. 9, 2018. (Graphic courtesy of the National Weather Service)

    In the Wake of the Whirlwind: October tornado proves severe weather happens year-round

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- To say it struck like a bolt from the blue would mean you saw it coming; no one did.  No sirens in the area heralded its wake.  Its appearance was so abrupt, base meteorologists said there was no time for on-base warnings to go out.  At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, an F-1 tornado touched down near the
  • With a quick motion of oversized scissors, Col. Laurie Dickson, Commander, 513th Air Control Group, officially "opens" the new 513th ACG headquarters for business Sept. 7, 2018, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 513th Air Control Group is the only Air Force Reserve unit to fly and maintain the E-3 Sentry, an Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft that provides surveillance, warning and tactical control of U.S. and allied military aircraft. As a Reserve associate unit, Airmen assigned to the 513th ACG work hand-in-hand with the active-duty 552nd Air Control Wing, which is responsible for the E-3 Sentry aircraft assigned to Tinker AFB. Working together, Tinker AFB's Team AWACS maintains a reliable presence in numerous missions worldwide. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Grady Epperly)

    513th ACG reveals new facility

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The 513th Air Control Group – call sign ’Thumper’ – has officially moved into its new home Sept. 7, after six years of planning, bringing the operations, support and headquarters elements together in the same building for the first time in twenty years. With representatives from across the Tinker Air Force Base community in attendance, the Airborne Warning and Control System Reserve associate unit dedicated the new 30,000 square foot, two-story facility, also known as Building 461. With inclement weather in the forecast and last-minute maneuvering, the new structure was also the location for the Reserve unit’s family day Sept. 9.

  • Commentary: Maintaining a legacy

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Commanders are often asked how they see their mission from a top-down perspective. These questions give a context of mission priorities and objectives that are understood at every level. The answers we give communicate where we believe our personnel should focus their best efforts, as well as to invest their
  • Staff Sgt. Germaine Graham, Tech. Sgt. Erin Nitzel, and Staff Sgt. Nick Lucas stand for a photo Aug. 8, 2018, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Graham, Nitzel and Lucas are the three newest members of the 513th Air Control Group safety office at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Stephens)

    513th safety office welcomes new team members

    Staff Sgt. Germaine Graham, Tech. Sgt. Erin Nitzel, and Staff Sgt. Nick Lucas are the most recent additions to the 513th Air Control Group safety office at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
  • Staff Sgt. Christopher Ritter, 513th Maintenance Squadron Section Chief, and Staff Sgt. Michael Wright, 552nd Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology, discuss the differences 3-D printing bring to the AWACS fabrications shop. The damaged part has a two-year backlog for replacement parts and requires riveted reinforcement, while the printed part has reinforcements belt in and can be printed in a single day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andrew Stephens)

    AWACS maintainers at leading edge of 3-D printing

    Imagine you’re in aircraft maintenance and a mission is scheduled to fly in the next 24 hours. You need a part that hasn’t been manufactured in more than 30 years. A specially-commissioned replacement is available for $15,000, but it will take a year to arrive. A technician tells you he can get you the part by the end of the day for less than $500. When you ask how, the answer is shocking: He’s going to “print” one.
  • Senior Airman Najee Menefee, a communications and navigation specialist from the 513th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, hooks up a forced air hose to an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft on Feb. 4 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Reservists from the 513th Air Control Group deployed to the Hawaiian Islands to provide command and control for Sentry Aloha 17-01, a primarily Reserve and Air National Guard exercise that involves more than 40 aircraft and 1,000 personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Caleb Wanzer)

    Reserve AWACS completes Sentry Aloha exercise

    Reservists from the 513th Air Control Group finished their last day of Sentry Aloha 17-01 on Feb. 3, here, marking a full two weeks of successful missions in one of the best training events in the unit's history.
  • Staff Sgt. Kyle Walker, a crew chief assigned to the 513th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stands ready as a fire guard for an E-3 Sentry July 19, 2016 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, before a mission in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016. More than 125 Airmen from the 513th Air Control Group and 552nd Air Control Wing are deployed to Hawaii in support of the RIMPAC 2016 exercise. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Caleb Wanzer)

    513th, 552nd team up for world's largest naval exercise

    Nearly 150 Airmen from the 513th Air Control Group and 552nd Air Control Wing deployed July 17 from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to the Hawaiian Islands to participate in the world’s largest maritime exercise.
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