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  • Refuel Radio: A New Voice for the Enlisted Force

    On the ninth episode of Refuel Radio, the official podcast of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Orawiec, the wing’s newly appointed command chief, joined the show as its newest co-host alongside Col. Matthew Ghormley, 507th ARW commander, and Col. Ryan Brader, 507th ARW

  • 507th ARW First Sergeant Council Named Best in Air Force Reserve Command

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeant Council—comprised of first sergeants from the 507th ARW, 137th Special Operations Wing, 513th Air Control Group, and 35th Combat Communications Squadron—has been named the best in Air Force Reserve Command for 2024, earning top honors for their excellence

  • 507th ARW First Sergeant Council Named Best in 4th Air Force

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeant Council—comprised of first sergeants from the 507 ARW, 137th Special Operations Wing, 513th Air Control Group, and 35th Combat Communications Squadron—has been named the best wing first sergeant council in 4th Air Force for 2024. The council will now

  • Okies support flyover for American Airman, POW

    The 301st Fighter Wing's 457th Fighter Squadron, an Air Force Reserve F-16 unit stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, was proud to honor the military career of William “Bill” Aaron Gauntt (U.S. Air Force, Lt. Col., ret.), a Vietnam War POW, Monday, April 18.

  • Colonel gives deployers tips for getting in the door to civilian jobs

    ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Chief Master Sgt. Linda Sparks was looking to take the next step in her career as a federal civilian employee when she returned from a 6-month Air Force Reserve deployment to Iraq, she said.She was among those who took a federal job resume writing class at a Yellow Ribbon

  • 171st Successfully Tests LAIRCM System

    The 171st Air Refueling Wing tested the Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measures (LAIRCM) Gen 3 missile defense system here on May 25, 2018. The LAIRCM is designed to protect the KC-135 Stratotanker and other aircraft from surface-launched Infrared (IR) guided missiles.

  • From Scott to Scotland: Okies fly ambulance in the sky

    The 507th ARW has a fleet of eight KC-135 Stratotankers, which are used mostly for aerial refueling in operations worldwide, but the aircraft can also transform into emergency rooms in the sky to provide lifesaving in-flight patient care during a crisis.

  • Reserve firefighters train in Southwest Asia

    More than 50 deployed Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, participated in an emergency response exercise Aug. 11, 2017, to practice teamwork skills of a new rotation of Airmen within the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.

  • Painting unveiling helps commemorate AF Reserve history

    Celebrating 100 years of Reserve Airpower, Senior Master Sgt. Darby Perrin, an Air Force artist from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, unveiled a painting at the 2016 World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous event October 1, at the National Museum of the United States Air