Tinker installation commander honors base namesake’s legacy

Col. Cisco Harris, Tinker installation and 72nd Air Base Wing commander, left, looks at a photo given by Pepper and Pamm Ramsey at the Charles B. Hall Air Park on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 4, 2026. Isabel (not pictured) and Pepper Ramsey are the great-great-great nieces of Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, a native Oklahoman who lost his life while on a combat mission near Wake Island during the Battle of Midway. The Oklahoma City Air Depot installation was designated Tinker Field Oct. 14, 1942, later becoming Tinker AFB Jan. 13, 1948. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

PHOTO BY: Paul Shirk

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200

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