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  • TINKER HISTORY: Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter

    The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was a single-seat day fighter designed around an all-metal wing positioned low to mid fuselage. The single-engine jet sat on tricycle landing and lacked a radar which limited it tactically to daylight operations. The first flight of the XP-84 took place in Feb. 1946. The

  • Tinker plants 50 native trees for Arbor Day

    Mother Nature couldn’t have sent a better sign of approval to the 15 or so volunteers gathered recently to plant new trees at Tinker Air Force Base.Before a redbud sapling was even unloaded from the bed of a pickup, a lone bumblebee was already dancing in the air around its tiny pink

  • Army Ammunition Plant hosts Oklahoma Commanders Summit

    Senior leaders from military installations across the state converged on the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant last week for the third installment of the Oklahoma Commanders Summit.The biannual summits provide an opportunity to get senior leaders from around the state together in one location and are

  • TINKER HISTORY: AGM-86B/C/D air launch cruise missile

    The AGM-86B/C/D air launch cruise missile is an air breathing missile capable of sustaining subsonic flight using both inertial, Litton terrain contour matching and Global Positioning System guidance. Three distinct versions of the missile consist of the B model with a W80–1 nuclear warhead, the C

  • Citizen Airman wins Combat Airlifter award

    A Citizen Airman in the 507th Air Refueling Wing here won the Combat Airlifter of the Week award April 25 from the 913th Airlift Group at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.

  • TINKER HISTORY: Stinson L-5

    The Stinson L-5 “Sentinel” was a high-wing, single-engine liaison aircraft with a tricycle landing gear configuration.The L-5 was an improved version of Stinson’s commercial Model 105 Voyager and earned the nickname “Flying Jeep” due to its versatility and ruggedness.The Stinson L-5 competed against

  • Money-saving restoration leans toward the wild side

    Tinker’s ongoing native habitat restoration program recently got a boost with the planting of 1,200 wildflowers on the base’s west side. Natural Resources Manager John Krupovage said the new additions are the second phase of restoration work in flood-prone empty fields where old base housing had

  • TINKER HISTORY: Piper L-4 Cub

    The Piper Aircraft Corporation L-4 “Grasshopper” was a high-wing, single-engine liaison aircraft with tricycle landing gear configuration. The L-4 was an improved version of the highly successful Piper J-3 ‘Cub’ through the addition of a radio and military paint and markings. Large sales of the L-4

  • 75th Anniversary coin, logo represent history

    How do you put 75 years of history together into one simple anniversary logo?That was the question Tinker’s 75th Anniversary design committee had to answer, and it wasn’t easy.“We had several things to consider, like being home to three flying wings from three major commands, one air base wing, a