Tinker Air Force base - wikipedia Tinker Air Force base Tinker Air Force Base Part of Air Force Materiel Command ( AFMC ) Located near : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma An E-3 Sentry AWACS at Tinker flies a mission. F - 108 Engine Maintenance for KC - 135 Stratotankers at Tinker Air Logistics Center Coordinates 35 ° 24 ′ 53 '' N 097 ° 23 ′ 12 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 35.41472 ° N 97.38667 ° W ﻿ / 35.41472 ; - 97.38667 ﻿ ( Tinker AFB ) Site information Controlled by United States Air Force Site history Built 1941 In use 1941 -- present Garrison information Garrison 72d Air Base Wing Airfield information IATA : TIK ICAO : KTIK FAA LID : TIK Summary Elevation AMSL 1,291 ft / 393 m Coordinates 35 ° 24 ′ 53 '' N 097 ° 23 ′ 12 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 35.41472 ° N 97.38667 ° W ﻿ / 35.41472 ; - 97.38667 Coordinates : 35 ° 24 ′ 53 '' N 097 ° 23 ′ 12 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 35.41472 ° N 97.38667 ° W ﻿ / 35.41472 ; - 97.38667 Website www.tinker.af.mil Map KTIK Location of Tinker Air Force Base Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 13 / 31 10,000 3,048 PEM 18 / 36 11,101 3,384 PEM Tinker Air Force Base ( IATA : TIK, ICAO : KTIK, FAA LID : TIK ) is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located geographically in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The base, originally known as Midwest Air Depot, is named in honor of Oklahoma native Major General Clarence L. Tinker, the first Native American Major General. Tinker is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command 's ( AFMC ) Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center ( OC - ALC ), which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components. The commander of OC - ALC is Lieutenant General Lee K. Levy II. The host unit at Tinker is the 72d Air Base Wing ( 72 ABW ) which provides services and support for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations. The Wing and Installation Commander of Tinker Air Force Base is Col. Stephanie Wilson. Contents 1 Units currently stationed at base 1.1 Air Force and related entities 1.2 Navy and other defense agencies 2 Public / private partnerships 2.1 Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Technology Center ( MROTC ) 2.2 Building 9001 ( Tinker Aerospace Complex ) 3 History 3.1 Operational history 3.2 Major commands 3.3 Base operating units 3.4 Major units assigned 3.5 1948 tornadoes 4 See also 5 References 6 Other sources 7 External links Units currently stationed at base Tinker AFB is home to major Department of Defense, Air Force and Navy units with national defense missions. Air Force and related entities The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex is the largest air logistics center in the Air Force Materiel Command. It provides depot maintenance, product support, services and supply chain management, and information support for 31 weapon systems, 10 commands, 93 Air Force bases and 46 foreign nations. It is the contracting office for the Air Force 's Contract Field Teams program. The 72d Air Base Wing is a multi-unit, multi-mission wing that includes base services and support for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, associate organizations, dependents, and retirees. The 76th Maintenance Wing includes the 76 Aircraft Maintenance Group, the 76 Propulsion Maintenance Group, the 76 Commodities Maintenance Group, the 76 Software Maintenance Group and the 76 Maintenance Support Group. The 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group, Air Force Space Command, has worldwide responsibility for engineering, installation, and interoperability of all communications and electronic facilities for the Air Force. Oklahoma Wing Civil Air Patrol Headquarters is located at the base ops building and provides state level support to the 17 units across the state. The Flying Castle Composite Squadron is a Civil Air Patrol squadron that is composed of cadet and senior members that meet Tuesday evenings. The 552d Air Control Wing flies Air Combat Command 's E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft. The E-3's radar and other sensors provide deep - look surveillance, warning, interception control and airborne battle management. The 552 ACW encompasses 3 groups : 552d Operations Group, 552d Maintenance Group and 552d Air Control Group. Two Air Reserve Component wings operate twelve KC - 135R `` Stratotanker '' air refueling aircraft at Tinker. The aircraft are operationally gained by Air Mobility Command ( AMC ), but the two units have different administrative chains. The 507th Air Refueling Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command ( AFRC ) is one of two Air Force Reserve flying units in the state of Oklahoma and administratively reports to Fourth Air Force ( 4 AF ). As an associate unit, the 507 ARW also operates the Federal Aviation Administration 's ( FAA ) British Aerospace 125 - 800 aircraft ( ex-USAF C - 29A ) in the aviation standards and navigational aid inspection mission. The Oklahoma Air National Guard 's 137th Air Refueling Wing assumed an aerial refueling mission in 2008 in accordance with the 2005 BRAC Recommendations. The 137th Airlift Wing ( ANG ) relocated from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base to Tinker AFB, was redesignated as an air refueling wing, and associated with the 507 ARW while its C - 130H aircraft were redistributed to other ANG airlift wings. Navy and other Defense Agencies The United States Navy 's Strategic Communications Wing One consists of three squadrons and a wing staff, and employs over 1,300 active - duty sailors and 100 contractors to provide maintenance, security, operations, administration, training and logistic support for the E-6 Mercury aircraft fleet. The E-6B Mercury enables the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense to directly contact submarines, bombers and missile silos enforcing the country 's national security through nuclear deterrence. The wing also operates alert facilities for E-6B aircraft at Travis AFB, California and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. Defense Mega Center Oklahoma City is the local branch of the Defense Information Systems Agency. The Mega center operates computer systems for the base and serves 110 other bases in 46 states. Tinker has on base several offices of the Defense Logistics Agency, the agency that provides supplies to the military services and supports their acquisition and transportation of repair parts and other materials. DLA Aviation has two offices at Tinker Air Force Base, DLA Aviation Customer Operations commanded by COL Rex Adee, USAF, and DLA Strategic Acquisitions at Tinker AFB, under Frances Evans, Acting Director, DLR Procurement Operations. DLA Distribution Oklahoma City provides the receipt, storage, issue, inspection and shipment of material, including material quality control, preservation and packaging, inventory, transportation functions and pick up and delivery services in support of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, other tenants at Tinker Air Force Base, and other global customers. Support to the Air Logistics Center is primarily for programmed depot maintenance for aircraft and engines. The majority of the items shipped from Oklahoma City are destined for `` customers '' on base including the 552nd Air Control Wing, the U.S. Navy Strategic Communications Wing One, the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 3rd Combat Communications Group. DLA Document Services provides a full portfolio of document services including traditional offset printing, on - demand printing, and online document services. DLA Document Services locations in Oklahoma include Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, and Tinker AFB. Public / private partnerships Community support for Tinker can be seen by the establishment of two public / private partnerships that support base operations by using local dollars to make available additional facilities for base use. While these partnerships are technically separate facilities, Tinker 's security perimeter is extended around these facilities. Maintenance Repair and Overhaul technology Center ( MROTC ) The first of the public / private partnerships is The Oklahoma Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Technology Center ( MROTC ), managed by Battelle Oklahoma, owned by Oklahoma Industries Authority ( OIA ), and partners with the Department of Defense to provide a national center for technical solutions to aging commercial and military aircraft. The MROTC is a 370 - acre ( 1.5 km ) MRO facility, on the south east site of Tinker AFB, sharing runways and security with the base. The MROTC complex is planned as a major military and commercial aircraft facility with 17 hangars and more than one million square feet of related industrial space and education and training facilities. The facility currently houses three hangars, one leased by Boeing ( designed to accommodiate Boeing 767 - 400 class aircraft ), a second hangar for 767 for lease, and a third hangar designed to accommodate Boeing 707 - 300 class aircraft. Building 9001 ( Tinker Aerospace Complex ) The second of the public - private partnerships is Building 9001, originally known as the Tinker Aerospace Complex housed in the former General Motors Oklahoma City Assembly Plant located west of the runway on the south side of the base, north of I - 240. A 50 - year lease - purchase agreement was executed in September 2008 between Oklahoma County and the Air Force, covering the 2.5 million square foot ( 353,000 m2 ) facility and 407 - acre ( 1.65 km ). Previously, the largest single building at the base was Building 3001 at 1,300,000 square feet ( 120,000 m ). Tinker has leased about 4 / 5 of the facility and will host some current 76th Maintenance Wing operations as well as other Department of Defense missions, including work on the C - 17 engines, joint strike fighter engines and core work on the new KC - 46 tanker. Work being transferred to the complex is currently being done at 69 separate facilities on base, many of which are World War II - era temporary buildings located in runway clear zones. Burlington Northern Santa Fe provides a rail spur into the complex. In 2014 Oklahoma County agreed to issue $10 million in bonds to help finance the purchase of a 156 - acre ( 0.63 km ) BNSF Railway marshaling yard, just north of the TAC building. In addition to providing space for the work of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, the Tinker Aerospace Complex can also be used to house public / private business partnerships. Currently there are three programs. The Cooperative Research and Development Partnership has the objective of advancing science and technology to meet Air Force requirements and transferring technology into the commercial marketplace ( CRADA, governed by Title 15 USC 3710a ). Public Private Partnerships, or statutory partnering, is where the government acts as a seller to private industry in either a direct sales agreement, Workshare Partnering Agreement, or a Facilities Use Agreement ( governed by Title 10 USC 2474 ). Finally, the Enhanced Use Lease requires Congressional approval and full fair market value rent for underutilized Air Force assets ( governed by 10 USC 2667 ). History Tinker Air Force Base is named in honor of Major General Clarence L. Tinker. An Osage Indian from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, he received his wings in 1921. He was a graduate of Wentworth Military Academy who went on to become the first major general of American Indian descent in U.S. Army history. In 1926 he was awarded the Soldier 's Medal for returning to his blazing aircraft to rescue a fellow officer. On 7 June 1942, he led a flight of B - 24 Liberators on a long - range strike against Japanese forces on Wake Island during World War II. General Tinker was killed when his aircraft presumably crashed into the sea. At the time of his death, General Tinker was commander of the Hawaii - based Seventh Air Force. Originally known as the Midwest Air Depot, the base was renamed in Tinker 's honor on 13 January 1948. Several of the base 's access gates are named in honor of persons with historic ties to the base or to Oklahoma. On 9 May 1997, base officials placed the following names : Tinker Gate ( former Gate 1 ), located on the north side, opens onto Air Depot Boulevard. It was named for Major General Clarence L. Tinker, U.S. Army Air Forces general killed in World War II Eaker Gate ( former Gate 2 ) opens onto F Avenue. It was named for General Ira C. Eaker, commander of the US Eighth Air Force in Europe during World War II Turnbull Gate, at the intersection of Perimeter Road and A Avenue. It was named for Colonel William Turnbull, the first Tinker Air Logistics Center Commander ( 1942 ) Hruskocy Gate ( pronounced ruh - sko - see, former Gate 7 ), on Industrial Boulevard at the NE portion of base. It was named for Brigadier General Thomas C. Hruskocy, the OC - ALC chief of Maintenance Resource Management and Material Management Resource divisions at Tinker ( 1985 -- 1988 ) Hope Gate, on SE 59th Street. It was named for Colonel John W. Hope, the first commander of the Ground Electronics - Engineering Installation Agency ( GEEIA ) Gott Gate ( former Gate 34 ), on the south end of Air Depot Boulevard. It was named for 1st Lieutenant Donald J. Gott, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. Vance Gate ( former Gate 40 ), on the west side of base off Sooner Road. It was named Lieutenant Colonel Leon R. Vance, Jr, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. In May 1997 the Base named the gates along Douglas Boulevard after aircraft that had been maintained at Tinker : Lancer Gate, named for the Rockwell B - 1 Lancer Liberator Gate, named for the Consolidated B - 24 Liberator Marauder Gate, named for the Martin B - 26 Marauder The base has more than 26,000 military and civilian employees and is the largest single - site employer in the state of Oklahoma. The installation covers approx. 9 square miles ( 23 km ) and has 760 buildings with a building floor space of over 15,200,000 square feet ( 1,410,000 m ). The base is bounded by I - 40 on the north and I - 240 on the south. With the City of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County owning several square miles of land adjacent to the base, Tinker is one of the few military bases in a major metropolitan area with sufficient room for expansion. Furthermore, Tinker is located in a community that supports expansion ; Oklahoma County voters approved a 2008 measure to purchase the former General Motors Oklahoma City Assembly plant ( located adjacent to the base ) and lease it to Tinker for future expansion. Now known as Building 9001, the former GM plant houses many shops moved from the main maintenance building, 3001. Operational history In 1940 the War Department was considering the central United States as a location for a supply and maintenance depot. Oklahoma City leaders offered a 480 - acre ( 1.9 km ) site and acquired an option for 960 acres ( 3.9 km ) additional land. On 8 April 1941, the order was officially signed awarding the depot to Oklahoma City. The Midwest Air Depot was formally activated later in 1941. The depot was the site of a Douglas Aircraft factory producing approximately half of the C - 47 Skytrains used in World War II. The site also produced a number of A-20 Havocs. Production ceased in 1945. The first successful tornado forecast in history was issued on 25 March 1948 from Tinker, about three hours before a tornado hit the southeast corner of the base. A granite marker in the Heritage Airpark on the base commemorates the event. See 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes for more information. On 29 September 1957, Buddy Holly and The Crickets recorded `` An Empty Cup '', `` Rock Me My Baby '', `` You 've Got Love '', and `` Maybe Baby '' in the Tinker Air Force Base Officer 's Club. On 14 November 1984, a massive fire that burned for two days destroyed or damaged over 700,000 square feet ( 65,000 m ) in the Air Logistics Center, Building 3001. The resulting repairs cost $63.5 million. During much of the 1990s, Tinker was home to the Automated Weather Network switching facility, which consolidated all U.S. military weather data worldwide. Originally located at Carswell Air Force Base, this unit was later moved to an Air Force Weather Agency facility at Offutt Air Force Base. In May 1992, Tinker became home to the Navy 's `` Take Charge and Move Out '' ( TACAMO ) wing, which provides maintenance, security, operations, administration, training and logistic support for the Navy 's E-6B Mercury aircraft fleet. TACAMO was the first Navy Air Wing fully integrated on an Air Force base, carrying out a Navy mission in joint operations. On 3 May 1999, a deadly tornado caused extensive damage to the northwest corner of the base and surrounding communities. For many days afterwards, Tinker personnel helped by providing shelters, search and rescue, and clean - up efforts. The Oklahoma Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul Technology Center ( MROTC ), a public - private partnership, was started in 2003. MROTC is managed by Battelle Oklahoma and owned by Oklahoma Industries Authority ( OIA ), a public trust housed in the offices of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. The first hangars were completed in 2007. Tinker celebrated the 30 - year anniversary of the E-3 Sentry from 29 June to 1 July 2007. Past and present airmen were invited to swap stories and learn about the latest upgrades. On 13 May 2008, Oklahoma County voters voted in favor of $71.5 million in general obligation bonds, the majority of which has been used to purchase the former General Motors Oklahoma City Assembly plant which is located on the south west section of the base, next to the runway. A 50 - year lease - purchase agreement was executed in September 2008 between Oklahoma County and the Air Force, covering the 3.8 million square foot ( 353,000 m2 ) facility and surrounding acreage. Oklahoma County officials paid $55 million to buy the plant from General Motors, which is now called the Tinker Aerospace Complex. In 2015, it was announced that the Tinker was in the running for a squadron of the new KC - 46A Pegasus. In October, it was announced that the base would not be receiving the plane, which instead was given to the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Tinker was also in competition with Westover Air Reserve Base and Grissom Air Reserve Base for the plane. Major commands Air Service Comd, 1 March 1942 -- 17 July 1944 AAF Materiel and Services, 17 July 1944 -- 31 August 1944 AAF Technical Service Comd, 31 August 1944 -- 1 July 1945 Air Technical Service Comd, 1 July 1945 -- 9 March 1946 Air Materiel Comd, 9 March 1946 -- 1 April 1961 Air Force Logistics Command, 1 April 1961 -- 1 July 1992 Air Force Materiel Command, 1 July 1992 -- present Base operating units OCAD ( Oklahoma City Air Depot ) Liaison Staff, 1 March 1942 -- 15 February 1943 497th Base HQ and Base HQ Sq, 15 February 1943 -- 1 April 1944 4136th AAF Base Unit, 1 April 1944 -- 26 September 1947 4136th AF Base Unit, 26 September 1947 -- 28 August 1948 2919th Area Supply Gp, 28 August 1948 -- 15 March 1951 2944th Depot Training Wg, 15 March 1951 -- 15 July 1953 2854th Air Base Wg, 15 July 1953 -- 16 October 1964 2854th Air Base Gp, 16 October 1964 -- 1 October 1994 72 Air Base Wing, 1 October 1994 -- present Major units assigned OK City Air Depot 1 March 1942 -- 3 January 1955 323rd Bomb Group 9 September 1947 -- 17 March 1951 456th Bomb Group 26 September 1947 -- 17 March 1951 323rd Bomb Wing 27 June 1949 -- 28 March 1951 506th Strategic Fighter Wing 20 March 1955 -- 1 April 1959 1707 Air Transport Wing 1 June 1959 -- 8 January 1966 443d Military Airlift Wing 8 January 1966 -- 5 May 1969 1948 tornadoes Main article : 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes The base was struck by two separate tornadoes in March 1948. The first, on 20 March, caused extensive damage. Damages were extensively lessened for the second storm, on 25 March, due to the first recorded successful tornado forecast. See also Military of the United States portal United States Air Force portal World War II portal 33rd Air Division ( United States ) Air Force Materiel Command Central Air Defense Force ( Air Defense Command ) Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields References ^ Jump up to : Crowder, James. `` TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, '' Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. ( accessed 18 August 2013 ) ^ Jump up to : May, Jon D. `` TINKER, CLARENCE LEONARD ( 1887 -- 1942 ), '' Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. ( accessed 18 August 2013 ) Jump up ^ O'Brien, Brandice J. `` Tinker welcomes new 72nd ABW, installation commander, '' TAFB, 3 July 2013. ( accessed 17 April 2014 ) Jump up ^ John Pike ( 1 June 1998 ). `` C - 29A ''. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ Defense Logistics Agency downloaded 18 December 2012 Jump up ^ DLA Distribution Oklahoma City Jump up ^ http://www.documentservices.dla.mil/dexd/Locations.jsp?state=OK Jump up ^ `` MROTC, Boeing Agreement Finalized ; New Development Taking Flight '' Commerce `` Oklahoma Department of Commerce ''. Okcommerce.gov. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` Battelle News ''. Battelle.org. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` Eastern Oklahoma County MRO and Aerospace Partnership ''. Aeroeoc.com. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ http://www.gisplanning.net/photos/okcity/MROTC%20Boeing%20Flyer.pdf Jump up ^ `` Tinker Air Force Base -- TAC ''. Tinker.af.mil. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ William Crum ( 26 June 2014 ). `` Oklahoma County approves Tinker Aerospace Complex bonds ''. Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 27 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` 15 USC § 3710a -- Cooperative research and development agreements LII / Legal Information Institute ''... law.cornell.edu. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` 10 U.S. Code § 2474 - Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence : designation ; public - private partnerships ''. LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` 10 USC § 2667 -- Leases : non-excess property of military departments and Defense Agencies LII / Legal Information Institute ''. Law.cornell.edu. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ They were acting under authority of Air Force Instruction 36 - 3108, Memorialization Program and Ceremony Jump up ^ `` Taking a Look at the Names behind Tinker '' ( PDF ). turnbullclan.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Jump up ^ AF Instruction 36 - 3108 does not address protocol for memorializing equipment, thus 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Robert L. Smolen was acting `` on the discretion of the commander '' Jump up ^ `` Okla. County Voters Approve Plant Purchase -- Oklahoma City News Story -- KOCO Oklahoma City ''. Koco.com. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` Maybe Baby -- Buddy Holly Lives ! 2002 ''. YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` TACAMO -- TAke Charge And Move Out ''. Tacamo.navy.mil. 12 June 1981. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ NCEI. `` Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information ''. www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Airmen honor 30 years of AWACS ''. af.mil. 21 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Jump up ^ Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs ( 29 October 2015 ). `` Seymour - Johnson chosen for first Reserve - led KC - 46A basing ''. Air Force Reserve Command. Retrieved 14 January 2016. Other sources This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/. Much of this text in an early version of this article was taken from pages on the Tinker Air Force Base Website, which as a work of the U.S. Government is presumed to be a public domain resource. That information was supplemented by : Mueller, Robert ( 1989 ). Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Maxwell AFB, Alabama : Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0 - 912799 - 53 - 6 Ravenstein, Charles A. ( 1984 ). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947 -- 1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama : Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0 - 912799 - 12 - 9. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tinker Air Force Base. Tinker AFB Public Affairs Site Tinker AFB Installation Overview from AirForceUSA.org. 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Question: who is tinker air force base named after
Answer: Major General Clarence L. Tinker, the first Native American Major General; Major General Clarence L. Tinker; Major General Clarence L. Tinker, the first Native American Major General; Major General Clarence L. Tinker, the first Native American Major General