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TINKER AIR FORCE BASE Celebrating 75 Years Delivering Air Power for America TINKER AIR FORCE BASE Celebrating 75 years Delivering Air Power for America Supplement to the Tinker Take O ANNVERSARES Tinker AFB 7 years * AWACS E- years * 57th ARW years * TACAM 2 years 14400 S.E. 29TH ST. Building Quality Homes since 1982 Reroofing, Remodels & Commercial Construction 405.733.1169 Swmbuilders.com Email: [email protected] WE WILL BUILD ON YOUR LAND OR OURS FIND YOUR NEXT EVENT AT 18145 OLD RANGELINE ROAD SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA 74801 FIRELAKEARENA.COM BOX OFFICE: (405) 273-1637 TINKER AIR FORCE BASE Celebrating 75 years Delivering TINKER AIR FORCE BASE Air Power for America AirCelebrating Power for America 75 years Delivering TINKER AIR FORCE Celebrating BASE 75 years Contents Delivering Air Power for America History of TINKER .........................4 75 years of warfighter support CE EBRATIN : * Tinker AFB 75 e r CE EBRATIN : * A507th ARW 5 e r * Tinker AFB 75 e r * AWACS E-3 0 e r * AWACS E-3 0 e r * N yv 5 e r * 507th ARW 5 e r A future so bright ...........................9 * Supplement to the Tinker Take O N vy 5 e r ANNIVERSARIES: Supplement to the Tinker Take O Supplement to the Tinker Take O 75 years * AWACS E-3 40 years * 507th ARW 45 years * TACAMO 25 years Tinker AFB 552nd Air Control Wing ............... 10 Contributing more than 40 years to TINKER AIR FORCE BASE Tinker’s 75th Anniversary Celebrating 75 years ‘Okies’ celebrates 45th Anniversary .......................... 12 Delivering Air Power to America REACT team builds About the cover: As public affairs practitioners and the design team, there were many different aspects state-of-the-art time capsule ...... 16 we had to think about for the cover of this magazine. Navy 25 years ..................................17 √ Is it interesting? √ Does it convey a message? √ Does it grab your attention? √ Does it meet intent? Man on the Street ......................... 18 These are just some of the factors taken into account when we brainstormed how this cover should look. Osage Nation plays After much discussion and answering these five questions (plus pivotal role ...................................20 many more), everything seemed to narrow down to a single theme. That theme was echoed from leadership to our public affairs team Grandson of Tinker’s namesake vows to the Airmen and their families across Tinker – PEOPLE. to keep legacy alive We fix planes, sustain readiness, build structures and do all kinds of other jobs, but the most important thing to celebrate as we look back through our 75-year history and ahead 75 years Photo collage ................................ 22 into our future is our people. When our 75th anniversary time capsule is opened in 75 years and this magazine is read, we want Security Forces .............................24 the future generation to know that we were, first and foremost, about the people. Vision for the environment ........26 So, we took as many pictures of people from our past and present and we crammed them into the face of Tinker – Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker. There are pictures of Rosies, past Economic Impact .........................28 and present, leaders, and about every cross section of people representing Tinker Air Force Base that we could squeeze in. We Tinker Strong ................................31 even managed to include a Military Working Dog. We wish we could have put every face of every person who Land Acquisition ..........................38 ever worked or served here, as they all deserve recognition for being a part of our Tinker heritage. Delivering Combat Power for America – that’s what we have ‘Off We Go’ ....................................40 always done and will continue to do for generations to come. Mrs. Tinker helps select Air Force song Published by e Journal Record Publishing Company, a private rm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with the 72nd Air Base Wing commander. is civilian enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Tinker Take O are not necessarily the ocial views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense or the Department of the Air Force. e appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force or e Journal Record Publishing Company of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political aliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Public Aairs Oce of the 72nd Air Base Wing. 2 Celebrating 75 years | Tinker Air Force Base 2017 SEE A DOCTOR QUICKLY. OPEN 7 A.M., MF Call 1-888-SAME-DAY (726-3329) and ask about same-day appointments. Walk-ins are welcome. Illness and injury are never convenient. But when you need care quick, convenience can make a big dierence. That’s why AllianceHealth Medical Group Family Medicine Midwest is now open early – at 7 a.m., Monday through Friday. MyAllianceHealthDoctors.com 1001 S. Douglas Blvd. | Midwest City | Call 1-888-SAME-DAY (726-3329). 99860_MIDW_7amMn_7_75x10_25c.indd 1 11/14/17 11:54 AM Story by April McDonald 72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs and Tinker History Office 4 Celebrating 75 years | Tinker Air Force Base 2017 75 years of warfighter support or 75 years, Tinker the Bass Building. FAir Force Base has As February began, Colonel provided combat air Turnbull announced that the new air repair center would be power for America. known as the Oklahoma City It all started with a Air Depot. On March 1, 1942, group of Oklahoma the War Department officially City visionaries who activated the airfield. Hiring wanted to move their new workers accelerated as city out of the Dust the depot competed with the Douglas Aircraft Plant going up Bowl days and give east of the runway. people a hope for the During the war years, future. thousands of Oklahomans In October 1940, a dozen and military personnel from key businessmen formed across the United States laid the Oklahoma Industries the foundation of Tinker’s Foundation in an effort to attract reputation for excellence in a bomber base, an aircraft plant depot repair and maintenance. or an air repair depot to the At the employment high point Oklahoma City area. The group in late 1943, 13,500 people acquired 960 acres and offered the land to the government at no worked at the air depot, while cost. While holding the option another 23,000 worked for on another 480 acres, they Douglas Aircraft. Nearly half promised to provide necessary of all the Tinker and Douglas utilities, roads and a rail spur to workers were women who the airfield. Their hard work and exemplified the famed “Rosie- long hours paid off. On April 8, the-Riveter.” 1941, the order was officially Douglas employees built signed awarding the depot to more than 5,000 C-47s for Oklahoma City. World War II and at one On January 15, 1942, Lt. time produced 13 Skytrains Col. William R. Turnbull per day. Meanwhile, Tinker issued General Order No. 1 Toilers repaired, modified and marking the establishment of the Midwest Air Depot. maintained B-17, B-24 and Because the installation was B-29 bombers. Their important far from complete, operations “Eagle Project” enabled B-29 began in downtown Oklahoma Superfortresses to conduct high- City, first in the Commerce altitude precision bombing in Exchange Building and later in the Pacific theater of operation. Tinker Air Force Base 2017 | Celebrating 75 years 5 When victory came, completed a modification of domination. and B-52 Stratofortresses the Douglas Plant ceased Pres. Harry S. Truman’s C-54 The 1950s pulled the received depot repair and operations, and everyone airplane, the “Sacred Cow.” United States and Tinker AFB modification. wondered what would Subsequent to creation of into the Korean Conflict. On April 1, 1974, the become of the installation. the Department of the Air B-29s, B-50s and B-36s came Oklahoma City Air Materiel Soon word arrived that Tinker Force in 1947, the airfield to the base for modifications Area became the Oklahoma Field would not only survive, received its modern name, necessary to combat City Air Logistics Center. but would expand and take Tinker Air Force Base, communist aggression. The Three years later, the first over the three-quarter-mile- effective Jan. 13, 1948. work force increased in E-3 Sentry aircraft arrived long facility now known as The year proved to be one numbers as the depot work at Tinker AFB as the 552nd Bldg. 3001. In recognition of of the most notable in the load continued to expand. Airborne Warning and its permanent status, 150,000 installation’s long history. Soon, new aircraft types such Control Wing recognized people attended the formal Five days following a massive as the B-47, B-52 and KC-135 the merits of co-locating its dedication of Tinker Field tornado that caused more than were seen in Tinker hangars main operating base with on Nov. 18, 1945, and heard $10 million in damages to as Cold War deterrence its maintenance and repair Durant native Lt. Gen. Ira aircraft and facilities, another ushered in another generation center. The unusual-looking C. Eaker deliver the keynote tornado threatened central of weapon systems. radar and communications address. Oklahoma. On March 25, Base workers provided aircraft with a rotating dome In February 1946, depot 1948, base meteorologists logistics support during the on top of the fuselage became employees began modifying – Maj.
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