Every installation has a special DSN number and the numbers vary by world-wide location. In order to place a call using DSN, the caller must be using a military phone on an installation. Cell phones cannot dial DSN numbers.
The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center is the largest of 3 ALCs in the Air Force Materiel Command and provides depot maintenance, product support, services and supply chain management, as well as information support for 31 weapon systems, 10 commands, 93 Air Force bases and 46 foreign nations. The 72d Air Base Wing provides full spectrum installation support to Team Tinker and expeditionary combat capability for the warfighter.
Beginning in July , a massive construction project on the new Midwest Air Depot began south of Southeast 29th Street. The depot received a new name, the Oklahoma City Air depot and the installation was officially activated. Tinker, who had lost his life leading bombers on a long-range strike against Wake Island. Immediately after the war, the depot acquired the Douglas plant, now Bldg. The wing was re-designated as the d Air Control Wing October 1, For more history see Tinker AFB's homepage.
The population of Oklahoma increases each year, in 3. The OKC Metro area is very military-friendly and the cost of living is reasonable. The main gate is located just south of I at Air Depot Blvd.
There are shuttles from the airport to Tinker AFB, but you must pay their fee, there are no free shuttles for military.
Normally, the transportation fee from the airport to Tinker will be reimbursed on your travel voucher. Your best bet is to arrange for your sponsor to meet you upon arrival. Here's the most direct interstate route: As you exit the airport you will be going north on South Meridian Avenue. Turn right onto Arnold St. Continue West on Arnold Ave to the first stop light. This will be the intersection of Arnold Ave and Mitchell Ave. Turn left onto Mitchell Ave. There are numerous online maps and apps that can provide driving directions to Tinker AFB.
Visit the electronic phone book. In recognition of its permanent status, , people attended the formal dedication of Tinker Field on November 18, , and heard Durant native Lt. Ira C. Eaker deliver the keynote address.
In February depot employees began modifying Bs for atomic testing near the Bikini Atoll, and the historic Enola Gay made its first visit to Tinker for an overhaul. In Tinker employees began working on jet engines and also completed a modification of Pres. Harry S. Truman's C airplane, the "Sacred Cow. Subsequent to creation of the Department of the Air Force in , the airfield received its modern name, Tinker Air Force Base, effective January 13, The year proved to be one of the most notable in the installation's long history.
On March 25, , base meteorologists issued the first official tornado warning in American history. Another form of Tinker expertise took center stage in late when the Soviet Union blockaded Berlin, and Oklahoma City depot leaders went to Burtonwood, England, to establish procedures for the successful airlift mission that saved the German city from Russian domination.
Bs, Bs, and Bs came to the base for modifications necessary to combat communist aggression. The work force increased in numbers as the depot work load continued to expand. Soon new aircraft types such as the B, B, and KC were seen in Tinker hangars as Cold War deterrence ushered in another generation of weapon systems.
Base workers provided logistics support during the Suez Crisis in and the Cuban Missile Crisis of For the next ten years all thoughts were on the war in Southeast Asia as Vietnam-weary aircraft and airmen passed through Tinker's portals.
Political threats on the home front caused fear that Tinker might be closed. However, a well-orchestrated bond election in May proved the mettle of community support as Oklahoma County voters overwhelmingly passed a bond election to buy and remove private residences in the runway approach zone. The unusual-looking radar and communications aircraft with a rotating dome on top of the fuselage became a frequent sight in the Sooner skies and a sign of American interests around the world.
In the s Tinker returned to work-force and work-load levels not seen since the end of the Vietnam War. Pride in aviation achievement was demonstrated when an estimated two hundred thousand people saw the space shuttle Columbia , riding atop a B, land at Tinker on April 27, In the first B-1B bomber arrived for programmed maintenance and overhaul.
That same year the center assumed management responsibility for the B-2 stealth bomber. When Operation Desert Shield began in August , Tinker associate units deployed to the Near East, and the base's aerial port of embarkation began moving cargo and troops to areas of operations. In January conventionally armed, air-launched Cruise missiles, modified at Tinker, were among the first weapons fired in the Gulf War.
The Navy's Strategic Communications Wing One re-located to Tinker in May , allowing the unit's E-6 aircraft to be maintained while providing communications to its worldwide fleet. Having the first naval operational unit assigned to an Air Force base, Tinker became a model for defense interservice cooperation. The pace-setting practice was one of the factors enabling Tinker AFB to survive base closures in and Always a community partner, Tinker supported relief efforts after the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April and after a devastating tornado struck Oklahoma County in May Military and civic leaders opened the Heritage Airpark to the public in January to display historic aircraft that had been a part of Tinker's operations during the previous six decades.
After a terrorist attack in New York City in September , heightened security and urgency could be observed all around the base. James L. Copyright to all of these materials is protected under United States and International law.
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