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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 ...
Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989
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 group consists of one air control networks squadron, an operations support squadron, one geographically separated training squadron, and three geographically separated air control squadrons. [1] It is located at Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City in Oklahoma. [2]
Earlier this year, I reported that the city’s last military surplus store, G.I. Rose Military Surplus Etc. at 6310 E. Harry, was in danger of closing if the owner couldn’t find a buyer to take ...
Each of the 54 Air National Guard organizations is supervised by the adjutant general of the state or territory, [72] Air Force Reserve units are aligned under Fourth Air Force, Tenth Air Force and Twenty-Second Air Force of the Air Force Reserve Command. The command has Fighter, Air Refueling and Airlift units, and is administratively ...
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 ...
August 1985 - After a November 1984 fire destroyed 17 acres of the roof of Building 3001, Tinker Air Force Base, Tulsa District completes the $63.5 million repairs. [ 5 ] October 1, 1985 - Tulsa assumes duties for two Air Force bases and one Department of Energy plant in the Texas panhandle; Arkansas military installations are shifted to the ...