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  • Newest KC-46A Pegasus candidate bases announced

    A total of 12 KC-46As will replace Air Force Reserve Command KC-135 Stratotankers at one of the six candidate locations and 24 KC-46As will replace active-duty KC-135s at one of the two candidate locations.

  • Reservist saves motorcyclist's life

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – A Reservist in training to become a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot saved the life of a local motorcyclist on his way back to Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 20, 2021.2nd Lt. Max Atkinson, a student pilot in the 71st Student Squadron at Vance AFB and projected to be

  • 2020 Vice Chief’s Challenge winners announced

    The challenge, which launched in February 2020, focused on identifying time-consuming tasks that provide the least direct value to generating combat effects; proposing innovative solutions to streamline current processes through the novel application of technology; and partnering directly with

  • Oklahoma Governor visits Okies

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – The Honorable J. Kevin Stitt, governor of Oklahoma, the Honorable Brian Bingman, Oklahoma secretary of State, and the Honorable Brenda Stanley, Oklahoma state senator, visited the 507th Air Refueling Wing, here Feb. 5, 2021.Col. Michael Parks, 507th ARW commander, led

  • Reservists save life of Tinker teammate

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Three Reserve Airmen from the 507th Force Support Squadron here worked together to save the life of a contractor electrician following a near fatal electric shock Oct. 24 during the November unit training assembly.Senior Airmen Thomas Stege, Victoria Slaughter and Khoa

  • 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.

  • 507th ARW welcomes ESGR employers

    Thirty-four civilian bosses of Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing got an opportunity to fly on a C-5M Super Galaxy here, Aug. 3.

  • B-52 pilot reconnects with retired aircraft after more than a decade

    Lt. Col. Stephen Miracle, 10th Flight Test Squadron B-52 flight commander, recently took part in a mission to fly a regenerated B-52 from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The feat was only the second time a Stratofortress returned to service from

  • 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.