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VQ-4 has a complement of 78 officers and 426 enlisted personnel. Since 1992, it has operated under Navy Strategic Communications Wing 1 at Tinker Air Force Base. It deploys aircraft to fly operational patrols out of NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The acronym "TACAMO" stands for "TAke Charge And Move Out", supposedly the first operational ...
Two large tornadoes struck Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, damaging or destroying a large number of aircraft including at least two Douglas C-54 Skymasters, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, and many Boeing B-29 Superfortresses stored from World War II. In the first storm, "54 aircraft were destroyed, including 17 C-54 transports valued ...
The 10th Flight Test Squadron is part of the 413th Flight Test Group of Air Force Materiel Command based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It performs acceptance testing on refurbished Rockwell B-1 Lancer , Boeing B-52 Stratofortress , Boeing E-3 Sentry , and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft before they are returned to their units.
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 July 1977–present Aircraft operated. B-18 Bolo (1942–1943) A-20 Havoc (1942–1943) B-24 Liberator (1942–1943)
The 965th was redesignated the 965th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron and reactivated at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on 1 July 1978 to fly the Boeing E-3 Sentry. The squadron became non-operational in September 1979, although it remained on the active list. It resumed operations at the start of 1984. [1]
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. The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 552d Bombardment Squadron.
Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri 1959-71 Selfridge AFB, Michigan 1971-93 MacDill AFB, Florida 2008-C-119, C-124, C-130 927th Air Refueling Wing (KC-135) 46th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Chanute AFB, Illinois 1959-67: Inactive (C-124) 47th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, Minnesota 1959-94
Activated on 22 Jul 1988. Assignments. Strategic Air Command, 7 Dec 1959; 1 Communications (later 1 Aerospace Communications) Group, Command, 1 Feb 1960 – 1 Oct 1970. 3 Combat Communications Group, 22 Jul 1988-. Stations. Offutt AFB, NE, 1 Feb 1960 – 1 Oct 1970. Tinker AFB, OK, 22 Jul 1988-.