Tinker Air Force Base

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Tinker Air Force Base, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a major United States Air Force base for operations, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, and a critical joint Navy-Air Force strategic communications task force. The base is "owned" by the Air Force Materiel Command.

It is the largest employer in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center

This is the principal support center for the E-3 Sentry, C-135 series, B-52 and B-1, and the Navy's E-6 TACAMO

  • Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
    • 72nd Air Base Wing
    • 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing
    • 448th Combat Sustainment Wing
    • 76th Maintenance Wing

Operational units

  • 552nd Air Control Wing (552 ACW), flying the E-3 Sentry
  • 507th Air Reserve Wing (507 ARW) with KC-135 air refueling tankers, under the Fourth Air Force
  • CSCW-1/CTF124 flying the E-6 TACAMO, a joint Navy-Air Force unit