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  • A 507th Air Refueling Wing aircraft maintenance team installs a Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures pod onto the underside of a KC-135 Stratotanker Oct. 25, 2017 at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    AFRC tests KC-135 defense system

    A 507th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker here is fulfilling a critical role within the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard in the testing and fielding efforts to employ an operational Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures-based pod defensive system.
  • The employees of Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Architects and Engineers in Oklahoma City donated more than $10,000 Dec. 18, 2017, to Operation Holiday Spirit, a private organization that helps military families in need. Members of OHS are made up primarily of Reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and 507th Air Refueling Wing. Gene Brown, Federal Market Principal (far left), and Steve Shrum, Chief Financial Officer(far right), stand for a photo with Joe Wade, 507th Air Refueling Wing facility director (center right), and Ralph Hawkins, 513th Air Control Group executive officer (center left), after delivering the donation. The money will go towards 19 military families through OHS, which has raised more than $36,000 this year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    Operation Holiday Spirit receives generous donation

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- The employees of Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Architects and Engineers in Oklahoma City donated more than $10,000 Dec. 18, 2017, to Operation Holiday Spirit, a private organization that helps military families in need. Members of OHS are made up primarily of Reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and 507th Air Refueling Wing. Gene
  • The Rock Solid Warrior program is a way to recognize and spotlight the Airmen of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing for their positive impact and commitment to the mission.

    386th AEW recognizes warrior from Tinker AFB

    An Airman from the 513th Air Control Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, was recently selected as a Rock Solid Warrior while deployed with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia.
  • Members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing practice gas mask procedures during CBRN training Aug. 6, 2017 at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    Video: Citizen Airmen participate in CBRN training

    Citizen Airmen from the 513th Air Control Group and the 507th Air Refueling Wing Tinker AFB, Okla participate in Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear, or CBRN, training, August 5, 2017.
  • The goal for pest management and entomology is to keep the bases insect, rodent and feral animal population at a manageable level.

    Walking on the wild side

    The goal for pest management and entomology is to keep the base's insect, rodent and feral animal population at a manageable level, Argo said. To do this they use a variety of control measures; such as setting up traps for feral animals, utilizing rodenticides and pesticides and employing local animals.
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    ‘Okies’ Celebrate 45th Anniversary at Tinker

    This year marks the 45th Anniversary of the 507th Air Refueling Wing operating out operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 507th ARW is the largest Air Force Reserve Command flying unit in the state of Oklahoma.
  • Reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing return home following a deployment Feb. 17, 2017, at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. More than 90 other Reservists deployed in December 2016 in support of air operations at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, against the Islamic State group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)

    507th Air Refueling Wing Year in Review: Okies Around the World

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- It’s been a whirlwind of a year here for the ‘Okies’ of the 507th Air Refueling Wing.From Oklahoma to Europe and Southwest Asia, more than 1,100 Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 507th ARW, the largest Reserve unit in the state of Oklahoma, accomplished a great deal.The 507th Operations Group flew the KC-135 Stratotanker
  • In honor of the Air Force’s 70th Anniversary, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., performed a flyover Sept. 16, 2017, at a University of Oklahoma football game at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Grady Epperly)

    Video: Okies bring the boom

    In honor of the Air Force's 70th birthday and the 507th Air Refueling Wing's 45th Anniversary, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th ARW, operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., performed a flyover Sept. 16, 2017, at the University of Oklahoma vs. Tulane football game held in the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. After
  • Critical phases of flight

    Video: Critical phases of flight

    RAF MILDENHALL -- Total Force Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma demonstrate flight and refueling capabilities of the KC-135R Stratotanker while augmenting the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, England, July 1-29 in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.F-15C Eagles from RAF Lakenheath,
  • Master Sgt. Roger Carr, crew chief with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., moves a fire extinguisher across the flightline prior to a KC-135R Stratotanker refueling flight at RAF Mildenhall, England, as Senior Master Sgt. Justin Henry, 507th AMXS NCO in charge, looks on, July 25, 2017. In a long-standing partnership between the Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing are augmenting the 100th Air Refueling Wing July 1-29, to provide KC-135R air refueling support to the European theater of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Lauren Gleason

    Reservists maintain aircraft, relationships via Operation Atlantic Resolve

    RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Total Force Airmen of the 507th Maintenance Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, maintained KC-135R Stratotankers here in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, strengthening the relationship between Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, July 1-29.
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