Editing Tinker Air Force Base (section)

{{Short description|US Air Force base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name          = Tinker Air Force Base
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| location      = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]
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| country       = the [[United States of America]]
| image         = File:Boeing E-3B Sentry ‘79-0002 - OK’ (29263726146).jpg
| alt           = An E-3B Sentry of the 552nd Air Control Wing based at Tinker AFB.
| caption       = An [[Boeing E-3 Sentry|E-3B Sentry]] of the [[552nd Air Control Wing]] based at Tinker AFB.
| image2        = [[File:Air Force Materiel Command.png|100px]]
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| type          = US Air Force Base
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| pushpin_label = Tinker
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| ownership     = [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
| operator      = [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]]
| controlledby  = [[Air Force Materiel Command]] (AFMC)
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| site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox -->
| site_other    = <!-- for other sorts of facilities – radar types etc -->
| site_area     = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc -->
| code          = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US -->
| built         = {{Start date|1941}} (as Midwest Air Depot)
| used          = 1941 – present <!--{{End date|1946}} -->
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| condition     = Operational
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| current_commander = [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] Abigail L. W. Ruscetta
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| garrison      = *[[72nd Air Base Wing]] (Host)
* [[507th Air Refueling Wing]]
* [[552nd Air Control Wing]]
*[[Strategic Communications Wing One]]
| occupants     = <!-- squadrons only -->
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| website       = [https://www.tinker.af.mil www.tinker.af.mil]
<!-- begin airfield information  -->| IATA          = TIK
| ICAO          = KTIK
| FAA           = TIK
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| WMO           = 723540
| elevation     = {{Convert|1291|ft|0}}
| r1-number     = 18/36
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| r2-number     = 13/31
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| r2-surface    = Porous European Mix
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<!--  end airfield information   -->| footnotes     = '''Source:''' [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/1911/00299ad.pdf#nameddest=(TIK)|title=Airport Diagram – Tinker AFB (KTIF)|date=10 October 2019|website=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>
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[[File:TeamTinker2004.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Tinker Air Force Base''' {{airport codes|TIK|KTIK|TIK}} is a major [[United States Air Force]] base, with tenant [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] and other [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] missions, located in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] in [[Oklahoma County, Oklahoma]], adjacent to [[Del City, Oklahoma|Del City]] and [[Midwest City, Oklahoma|Midwest City]].

The base, originally known as the Midwest Air Depot, is named in honor of Oklahoma native [[Major General]] [[Clarence L. Tinker]], the first Native American major general.<ref name="crowder">Crowder, James. " It is the largest air depot in the nation. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/t/ti004.html TINKER AIR FORCE BASE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020081043/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/t/ti004.html |date=20 October 2013 }}," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. (accessed 18 August 2013)</ref><ref name="jondmay">May, Jon D. "[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TI005.html TINKER, CLARENCE LEONARD (1887–1942)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607222908/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TI005.html |date=7 June 2013 }}," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. (accessed 18 August 2013)</ref>

Tinker is the headquarters of the [[Air Force Materiel Command]]'s (AFMC) [[Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center]] (OC-ALC), which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components.  The commander of Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) is Lieutenant General Stacey T. Hawkins and the commander of the OC-ALC is Brigadier General Brian R. Moore. The host unit at Tinker is the [[72nd Air Base Wing]] (72 ABW) which provides services and support for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations. The Wing and Installation Commander of Tinker Air Force Base is Colonel Abigail L. W. Ruscetta.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership|url=https://www.tinker.af.mil/About-Tinker/Leadership/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.tinker.af.mil}}</ref>