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  • 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

  • TINKER HISTORY: Douglas C-54 Skymaster

    The Douglas Aircraft Corporation C-54 “Skymaster” was a four-engine cargo and troop transport built around a high-aspect ratio wing with conventional tail unit featuring a single rudder. The low-wing configured aircraft sat on retractable tricycle landing gear. Building upon the success of the

  • TINKER HISTORY: Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress”

    The Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” was a four-engine, heavy bomber produced for the Army Air Corps prior to and during World War II. The aircraft was used in all theaters of the war with particularly heavy use in the European campaign.According to official Tinker history documents, the Oklahoma City

  • AIR FORCE HISTORY: John Levitow and Spooky 71

    Spooky, sometimes called Puff (The Magic Dragon), was a specially outfitted U.S. Air Force AC-47 aircraft designed to provide support to Soldiers on the ground. Carrying 21,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, the aircraft’s three mini-guns could accurately spew up to 6,000 rounds per minute to repulse