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Tinker Air Force Base is named in honor of Major General Clarence L. Tinker. [2] An Osage from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, he received his wings in 1921. [3] He was a graduate of Wentworth Military Academy who went on to become the first major general of Native American descent in U.S. Army history.
The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC) Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma is one of the largest units in the Air Force Materiel Command.The complex performs programmed depot maintenance on the C/KC-135, B-1B, B-52 and E-3 aircraft; expanded phase maintenance on the Navy E-6 aircraft; and maintenance, repair and overhaul of F100, F101, F108, F110, F117, F118, F119, F135, and TF33 engines ...
Area code: 405: FIPS code: 40-48350 [5] GNIS feature ID: 2411102 [4] ... The property was later acquired by Oklahoma County and leased to Tinker Air Force Base for $1 ...
The U.S. Navy left the area in 1946. In 1954 the U.S. Air Force took over the site to train bomber pilots and the name was changed to Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base. In 1959 Clinton-Sherman became a bomber base housing B-52 Stratofortresses. The air force vacated the area in 1969.
To operate these fighters, it formed three tactical fighter groups, the first of which was the 507th Tactical Fighter Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, which was activated in May. [ 2 ] [ 29 ] Tinker was selected because the 937th Military Airlift Group there was slated to lose its Douglas C-124 Globemaster IIs , which were being ...
Area code(s) 405/572: FIPS code: 40-55000: GNIS feature ID: ... Tinker Air Force Base, in southeast Oklahoma City, is the largest military air depot in the nation.
northwestern Florida (Appalachicola, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Quincy, Panama City, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Eglin Air Force Base and all of the Florida Panhandle) June 23, 1997: split of 904; 2021: overlaid by 448; 851: Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island: reserved as a third area code to overlay 902/782 with no set date of implementation ...
The Wing furnished administrative and logistical support for the San Antonio Air Materiel Area ... Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 18 February 2005 ... Code of Conduct;