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  • Security Forces gets new commander

    Lt. Col. Richard Ropac, 507th Mission Support Group commander, passes the guidon to Maj. Ricky Martin II, new commander of the 507th Security Forces Squadron, at his assumption of command ceremony Sept. 11, 2016, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Martin has served in various capacities to include:

  • Climbing for freedom

    Okie firefighters from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron hike up the stairs of the fire training tower Sept. 11, 2016, at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., during their 7th annual fire climb, held to honor the victims and heroes who perished on that day 15 years ago. Every year, Reservists climb up and

  • Vice wing commander arrives

    Air Force Reserve Command officials announced this month Col. Dana N. Nelson has been selected as the new vice wing commander for the 507th Air Refueling Wing here. Nelson last served as an individual mobilization augmentee to the Chief, Air Advisor Branch, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Maryland.

  • Taking the lead

    Twenty-five students from Tinker and other reserve units in the Air Force Reserve Command graduated from a one-week leadership course here Aug. 12.

  • Rim of the Pacific 2016 concludes

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – The world’s largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 4, after more than a month of training events conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. More than 100 Citizen Airmen with the 507th Air Refueling Wing participated in the

  • Okies support Navy during RIMPAC

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM -- U.S. Navy F-18 Hornets receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., while three more jets await refueling as part of Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more

  • Okies refuel a RAF CF-18 during RIMPAC 2016

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 11, 2016) Lt. Col. Ken Humphrey, a pilot with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., turns a KC-135 while on approach to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016 exercise. Humphrey and his crew fly and operate

  • Boom Drogue system installation for RIMPAC 16

    Staff Sgt. James Andrus and Senior Airman Travis Krause, U.S. Air Force crew chiefs with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., connect a drogue adapter to a KC-135R Stratotanker in order to connect a drogue. A drogue is used in air-to-air refueling. The probe and

  • Exercise brings readiness into focus

    Over 1,100 Citizen Airmen of the 507th Air Refueling Wing here came together for an intense five-day exercise here June 1-5 in order to evaluate the wing’s operational readiness, with emphasis on the wing’s nuclear support and deterrence mission.

  • 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