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  • Printed copies of the Sooner News, Thunderchief and On-final newspapers are displayed on a table Feb. 7, 2020, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office published 30 years worth of historic newspapers in January of this year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    Five decades of Okie history now available

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office here, scanned and digitally archived more than 30 years of unit newspapers and made them available to the public on the unit’s official website in January of this year.
  • Torren Jackson (center) is pictured with rescuers that helped free him from swift running water May 29, 2019 when he was swept from the road while riding his bike and trapped inside a culvert in Prague, Oklahoma. From left: Teggan Jackson, Dakota Fite, Torren Jackson and Eric Whitesel. (Courtesy photo by Sharon Lee/Prague Times Herald)

    Reservist rescues boy from flood waters

    A KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here saved the life of an eight year old boy who was trapped in a flooded drainage ditch May 29, 2019, in Prague, Oklahoma.
  • Takesha Williams serves both as an Air Force civilian budget analyst in the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and an Air Force Reserve Command Chief in the 931st Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB, Kansas. Williams also runs the Reserve team of volunteers who assist in operating the course of the annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. (Photo illustration by 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs)

    Drive

    Every Reserve Citizen Airman has a unique story for how or why they started their Air Force careers, but in the case of Chief Master Sgt. Takesha Williams, it was the desire to own a car.
  • The first KC-46A Pegasus to arrive at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, taxis on the flightline Feb. 8, 2019, following a water salute. Total force Airmen there will put the KC-46 through its paces in the Combat Mobility and Expeditionary Training Center of Excellence, where more than 2,000 airlift and aerial refueling aircrew members train annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    KC‐46 arrives for combat training

    Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron here, dignitaries and Air Force leaders accepted the new KC‐46A Pegasus during a historic arrival celebration Feb. 8.
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