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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.
This is a list of Air Force-controlled (AFCON) Wings of the United States Air Force. The United States Air Force from c.1948 onward had two main types of wings and groups: AFCON, those controlled by Headquarters Air Force and usually having one, two, or three digits, and listed here; and Major Air Command-controlled (MAJCON) wings and groups, having four digits, controlled by Major Commands ...
This page currently focuses on one of the two historical categories of USAF wings: "AFCON" (Headquarters (US) Air Force CONtrolled) units or "permanent" units, which during the Cold War period were readily distinguished by having one, two or three digit designations, such as the 1st Fighter Wing, 60th Military Airlift Wing, 355th Fighter Wing, and could go through a series of inactivations and ...
Later: Ardmore Air Force Base (IATA: ADM, ICAO: KADM) Now: Ardmore Municipal Airport; Third Air Force. Muskogee Army Airfield, Muskogee 349th Army Air Forces Base Unit Now: Davis Field; Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City Joint Use USAAF/Civil Airport 348th Army Air Forces Base Unit Now Will Rogers World Airport (IATA: OKC, ICAO: KOKC) and Will ...
Oklahoma City AFS, OK Rockport AFS, TX: TM-191: 18 Dec 1956–1957 1957-1 Aug 1963 814th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron: Oklahoma City AFS, OK Killeen AFS (renamed Robert Gray AFB, TX: TM-192: 8 May 1956-14 Feb 1957 14 Feb 1957 – 1 Feb 1961 815th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron: Oklahoma City AFS, OK Lufkin AFS, TX: TM-193: 8 May ...
The Oklahoma Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Wing headquarters are located at Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City. [1] The Oklahoma Wing consists of over 650 cadet and adult members at over 16 locations across the state of Oklahoma. [2]
Vance Air Force Base (IATA: END, ICAO: KEND, FAA LID: END) is a United States Air Force base located in southern Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 mi (105 km) north northwest of Oklahoma City. The base is named after local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr .
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