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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.
It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and is stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The group's mission is to provide theater and Air Force commanders with trained aircrews and maintenance personnel and systems for airborne surveillance, warning and control of U.S. and allied military aircraft.
Altus Air Force Base – Altus – KLTS ; 97th Air Mobility Wing [5] Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field – Jet – KCKA; 71st Flying Training Wing [6] Tinker Air Force Base – Oklahoma City/Midwest City – KTIK; 10th Flight Test Squadron; 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group; 72d Air Base Wing; 76th Maintenance Wing; 448th Supply Chain ...
The 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron is part of the 552d Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates the E-3 Sentry aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions. The first predecessor of the squadron was activated in the buildup for World War II as the 60th Bombardment Squadron .
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.
The 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit assigned to the 552d Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.It operates the Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft conducting training of crews in airborne command and control missions.
Air Force: Type: Command and Control: Part of Air Combat Command 15th Air Force 552d Air Control Wing: Garrison/HQ: Tinker Air Force Base: Website: www.552acw.acc.af.mil /About-Us /Fact-Sheets /Display /Article /430828 /552nd-air-control-group
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.