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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 ...
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 ...
Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, 8 November 1955 – 1 December 1958; Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 15 April 1966; RAF Mildenhall, England, 1 July 1966 – 1 February 1992; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 15 March 1996–present
Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex [7] Vance Air Force Base – Enid – KEND; 71st Flying Training Wing [6] Oklahoma Air National Guard; 125th Weather Flight – Tinker AFB; 137th Special Operation Wing – Will Rogers ANGB [8] 138th Fighter Wing – Tulsa ANGB; 146th Air Support Operations Squadron – Will Rogers ANGB [8]
It is located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The two operational squadrons, VQ-3 and VQ-4, prepared to move from their former Atlantic and Pacific bases in 1992-1993 and the wing was formally established on 29 May 1992. [2] Captain Andy Riddile, first commander ("Commodore") of the wing, arrived in April 1992. [3]
On 25 January 1991, VQ-4 took delivery of its first E-6A Mercury aircraft and in November 1992, changed homeport to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On 20 September 1999, VQ-4 took delivery of its first E-6B. The E-6B contains upgraded systems that enable it to perform the USSTRATCOM Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) "Looking Glass" mission.
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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.