Welcome to Eastern Oklahoma County! Eastern Oklahoma County offers comfortable overnight accommodations as well as a diverse selection of restaurants, shopping and services. Interstate 40 and Interstate 35 – the area’s main transportation arteries – make it easy to stop over in Eastern Oklahoma County.

Communities in Eastern Oklahoma County joined together several years ago to promote and develop tourism in our area. Special events such as, Holiday Lights Spectacular, Global Oklahoma, Choctaw’s Oktoberfest and Land-Run Festivals are just a few outstanding family-fun oriented events in Eastern Oklahoma County.

In 1997, EOCTC created the Star Spangled Salute Independence Day celebration. The event was combined with the Tinker Air Force Base Open House event, creating a partnership with Tinker Air Force Base to have one family-fun oriented event in Eastern Oklahoma County.

The 2008 Star Spangled Salute will take place on May 24. Admission is free, and takes place at Tinker Air Force Base. Pre-Events for participants, volunteers and sponsors begin on May 10.

Tinker Air Force Base organizes the event through the Star Spangled Salute Committee comprised of Team Tinker, members of Eastern Oklahoma Tourism Council as well as members of Aerospace America.

The efforts of Eastern Oklahoma County Tourism, Tinker Air Force Base and Aerospace America have successfully created one of the best Air Acts entertainment event in the State of Oklahoma.

This partnership has presented an opportunity for the communities in Eastern Oklahoma County to show their pride of patriotism while celebrating America's independence. It is a true Eastern Oklahoma County tradiiton.

The addition of the Air Show to the Star Spangled Salute event has proved to make great visitor impact on our communities . This event has become one of Oklahoma's premier events and has been awarded the 2007 Event of the Year Award by Frontier Country Marketing Association, the marketing organization for all of Central Oklahoma!