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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 ...
The 963d Airborne Air Control Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The squadron is a subordinate unit of the 552d Operations Group and it flies the Boeing E-3 Sentry radar surveillance aircraft. The squadron currently falls under the authority of Air Combat Command and Twelfth Air Force.
The 72nd Air Base Wing is the host organization for Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.It provides base installation and support services for the Air Force Sustainment Center, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and more than 45 associate units, including two operational flying wings of Air Combat Command and Air Force Reserve Command, the United States Navy Strategic Communications Wing One ...
Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1 August 1951 – 1 January 1953; Tan Son Nhut Airport (later Tan Son Nhut Air Base), South Vietnam, 8 April 1966 – 24 November 1972; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 24 November 1972; Hurlburt Field, Florida, 1–31 July 1973; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 15 March 1996 – present [2]
The 552d Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 552d Operations Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.The squadron trains aircrew for airborne warning and control missions on the Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft.
Attached to Third Tactical Air Force, 5 June 1944-unknown, Tenth Air Force, c. 20 August-21 September 1944. Tenth Air Force, 22 September 1944; Attached to: Air Cargo Headquarters, Tenth Air Force, 1 November 1944 – 30 April 1945, North Burma Air Task Force, Tenth Air Force, 1 May – 11 June 1945. Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater, 12 ...
The 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron (964 AACS) is assigned to the 552d Operations Group, 552d Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates the E-3 Sentry (AWACS) aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.