Star Spangled Salute May 24, the Star Spangled salute is a great annual family event that features the best in aeronautic entertainment. This year bring the USAF Thunderbirds, the USAF Jump Team, the Red Bull Aerobatic Helicopter and much more! See this site for more details!
Tinker Air Force Base was named in honor of Major General
Clarence L. Tinker of Pawhuska, Okla. General Tinker
lost his life while leading a flight of LB-30 "Liberators"
on a long-range strike against Japanese forces on Wake
Island during the early months of World War II.
Tinker’s history began in 1940 when a group of
Oklahoma City civic leaders and businessmen learned
that the War Department was considering the central
United States as a location for a maintenance and supply
depot. On April 8, 1941, the order was officially signed
awarding the depot to Oklahoma City.
During World War II, Tinker’s industrial plant
repaired B-24 and B-17 bombers and fitted B-29s for
combat.
Throughout the Korean conflict, Tinker continued its
output -- keeping planes flying and funneling supplies
to the Far East.
The base also played an important role in the Berlin
and the Cuban crises. During the Vietnam War, Tinker
provided logistics and communications support to Air
Force units in Southeast Asia.
Tinker and OC-ALC began the decade of the 90s providing
front-line support to the forces engaged in Operation
Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
In 1999 Tinker was awarded the largest engine repair
contract in the history of the Air Force valued at 10.2
billion dollars over 15 years.
