Editing Tinker Air Force Base (section)

== Role and operations ==
Tinker AFB is home to major [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], Air Force and Navy units with national defense missions.

===Air Force and related entities===
[[File:Natural metal B-1B Lancer at Tinker Air Force Base.jpg|alt=A mostly natural metal B-1B Lancer landing at the end of a post-maintenance check-flight at Tinker AFB during 2017. The large building behind forms part of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.|left|thumb|A mostly natural metal [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer|B-1B Lancer]] landing at the end of a post-maintenance check-flight at Tinker AFB during 2017. The large building behind forms part of the [[Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex]].]]
The [[Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex]] is the largest air logistics center in the Air Force Materiel Command. It provides depot maintenance, product support, services and supply chain management, and information support for 31 weapon systems, 10 commands, 93 Air Force bases and 46 foreign nations. It is the contracting office for the Air Force's [[Contract Field Teams]] program.

The Air Logistics Complex includes the 76 Aircraft Maintenance Group, the 76 Propulsion Maintenance Group, the 76 Commodities Maintenance Group, the 76 Software Engineering Group and the 76 Maintenance Support Group.  Combined, these groups provide depot-level maintenance, repair and overhaul of KC-135, B-52, E-3, E-6, and B-1 aircraft, as well as engines, components, support equipment, and associated software for the US Air Force and US Navy.

The [[72nd Air Base Wing]] is a multi-unit, multi-mission wing that includes base services and support for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, associate organizations, dependents, and retirees.

The 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group, [[Air Force Space Command]], has worldwide responsibility for engineering, installation, and interoperability of all communications and electronic facilities for the Air Force.

[[Oklahoma Wing Civil Air Patrol]] Headquarters is located at the base ops building and provides state-level support to the 17 units across the state.  The Flying Castle Composite Squadron is a Civil Air Patrol squadron that is composed of cadet and senior members that meet Tuesday evenings.

The [[552nd Air Control Wing]] flies [[Air Combat Command]]'s [[E-3 Sentry]] [[Airborne Early Warning and Control|AWACS]] aircraft. The E-3's radar and other sensors provide deep-look surveillance, warning, interception control and airborne battle management.  The 552 ACW encompasses 3 groups: 552nd Operations Group, 552nd Maintenance Group and 552nd Air Control Group.

The [[507th Air Refueling Wing]] of the [[Air Force Reserve Command]] (AFRC) is one of two [[Air Force Reserve]] flying units in the state of Oklahoma and administratively reports to [[Fourth Air Force]] (4 AF).  The wing operates twelve [[KC-135R]] "Stratotanker" air refueling aircraft at Tinker and is operationally gained by [[Air Mobility Command]] (AMC).  As an associate unit, the 507 ARW also operates the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) [[British Aerospace 125]]-800 aircraft (ex-USAF C-29A) in the aviation standards and navigational aid inspection mission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/c-29.htm|title=C-29A|author=John Pike|date=1 June 1998|publisher=Globalsecurity.org|access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>

===Navy and other defense agencies===
[[File:Boeing E-6B Mercury (707-300), USA - Navy AN2058896.jpg|thumb|A [[Boeing E-6 Mercury|Boeing E-6B Mercury]] of [[United States Navy|US Navy]] [[Strategic Communications Wing One|Strategic Communications Wing ONE]] based at Tinker AFB. ]]
The [[United States Navy]]'s [[Strategic Communications Wing One]] consists of three squadrons and a wing staff, and employs over 1,300 active-duty sailors and 100 contractors to provide maintenance, security, operations, administration, training and logistic support for the [[E-6 Mercury]] aircraft fleet.  The E-6B Mercury enables the president of the United States and the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] to directly contact [[Submarines in the United States Navy|submarines]], [[bomber]]s and [[missile silo]]s enforcing the country's national security through nuclear deterrence. The wing also operates alert facilities for E-6B aircraft at [[Travis AFB]], California and [[Naval Air Station Patuxent River]], Maryland.

Defense Mega Center Oklahoma City is the local branch of the [[Defense Information Systems Agency]]. The Mega center operates computer systems for the base and serves 110 other bases in 46 states.

Tinker has on-base several offices of the [[Defense Logistics Agency]], the agency that provides supplies to the military services and supports their acquisition and transportation of repair parts and other materials.<ref>[http://www.dla.mil Defense Logistics Agency] downloaded 18 December 2012</ref>

*[[DLA Aviation]] has two offices at Tinker Air Force Base, DLA Aviation Customer Operations commanded by COL Rex Adee, USAF, and DLA Strategic Acquisitions at Tinker AFB, under Frances Evans, acting director, DLR Procurement Operations.
*DLA Distribution Oklahoma City provides the receipt, storage, issue, inspection and shipment of material, including material quality control, preservation and packaging, inventory, transportation functions and pick up and delivery services in support of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, other tenants at Tinker Air Force Base, and other global customers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.distribution.dla.mil/sites/okc.aspx |title=DLA Distribution Oklahoma City |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218050223/http://www.distribution.dla.mil/Sites/okc.aspx |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Support to the Air Logistics Center is primarily for programmed depot maintenance for aircraft and engines.  The majority of the items shipped from Oklahoma City are destined for "customers" on base including the 552nd Air Control Wing, the U.S. Navy Strategic Communications Wing One, the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 3rd Combat Communications Group.
*DLA Document Services provides a full portfolio of document services including traditional offset printing, on-demand printing, and online document services.  DLA Document Services locations in Oklahoma include [[Fort Sill]] in [[Lawton, Oklahoma]], the [[McAlester Army Ammunition Plant]], and Tinker AFB.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.documentservices.dla.mil/dexd/Locations.jsp?state=OK |title=DLA Document Services |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214170904/http://www.documentservices.dla.mil/dexd/Locations.jsp?state=OK |archive-date=14 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Public/private partnerships===
Community support for Tinker can be seen by the establishment of two public/private partnerships that support base operations by using local dollars to make available additional facilities for base use.  While these partnerships are technically separate facilities, Tinker's security perimeter is extended around these facilities.

====Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Technology Center (MROTC)====
The first of the public/private partnerships is The Oklahoma [[Maintenance, repair, and operations|Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul]] Technology Center (MROTC),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=700&Itemid=286|title=MROTC, Boeing Agreement Finalized; New Development Taking Flight " Commerce " Oklahoma Department of Commerce|date=12 January 2006|publisher=Okcommerce.gov|access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> managed by Battelle Oklahoma, owned by Oklahoma Industries Authority (OIA),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.battelle.org/news/03/8-4-03Battelle-Oklahoma%20Center.stm|title=Battelle News|date=4 August 2003|publisher=Battelle.org|access-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319221152/http://www.battelle.org/news/03/8-4-03Battelle-Oklahoma%20Center.stm|archive-date=19 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and partners with the Department of Defense to provide a national center for technical solutions{{clarify|date=February 2017}} to aging commercial and military aircraft.  The MROTC<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aeroeoc.com/|title=Eastern Oklahoma County MRO and Aerospace Partnership|publisher=Aeroeoc.com|access-date=25 March 2012|archive-date=26 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326014253/http://www.aeroeoc.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a {{convert|370|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Maintenance, repair, and operations|MRO]] facility, on the southeast side of Tinker AFB, sharing runways and security with the base.  The MROTC complex is planned as a major military and commercial aircraft facility with 17 hangars and more than one million square feet of related industrial space and education and training facilities.  The facility currently houses three hangars, one leased by Boeing (designed to accommodate Boeing 767-400 class aircraft), a second hangar for 767 for lease, and a third hangar designed to accommodate Boeing 707-300 class aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gisplanning.net/photos/okcity/MROTC%20Boeing%20Flyer.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227190712/http://www.gisplanning.net/photos/okcity/MROTC%20Boeing%20Flyer.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Building 9001 (Tinker Aerospace Complex)====
The second of the public-private partnerships is Building 9001, originally known as the Tinker Aerospace Complex<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tinker.af.mil/tac/index.asp|title=Tinker Air Force Base – TAC|publisher=Tinker.af.mil|access-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318201147/http://www.tinker.af.mil/tac/index.asp|archive-date=18 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> housed in the former General Motors [[Oklahoma City Assembly]] Plant located west of the runway on the south side of the base, north of I-240.  A 50-year lease-purchase agreement was executed in September 2008 between Oklahoma County and the Air Force, covering the 2.5&nbsp;million square foot (353,000 m<sup>2</sup>) facility and {{convert|407|acre|km2|adj=on}}.  Previously, the largest single building at the base was Building 3001 at {{convert|1300000|sqft|m2}}. Tinker has leased about 4/5 of the facility and will host some current 76th Maintenance Wing operations as well as other Department of Defense missions, including work on the C-17 engines, joint strike fighter engines and core work on the new [[KC-46]] tanker. Work being transferred to the complex is currently being done at 69 separate facilities on base, many of which are World War II-era temporary buildings located in runway clear zones. Burlington Northern Santa Fe provides a rail spur into the complex.

In 2014 Oklahoma County agreed to issue $10&nbsp;million in bonds to help finance the purchase of a {{convert|156|acre|km2|adj=on}} BNSF Railway marshaling yard, just north of the TAC building.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsok.com/oklahoma-county-approves-tinker-aerospace-complex-bonds/article/4958751|title=Oklahoma County approves Tinker Aerospace Complex bonds|author=William Crum|date=26 June 2014|access-date=27 September 2014|publisher=Daily Oklahoman}}</ref>

In addition to providing space for the work of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, the Tinker Aerospace Complex can also be used to house public/private business partnerships. Currently, there are three programs. The Cooperative Research and Development Partnership has the objective of advancing science and technology to meet Air Force requirements and transferring technology into the commercial marketplace (CRADA, governed by Title 15 USC 3710a).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/3710a.html|title=15 USC § 3710a – Cooperative research and development agreements &#124; LII / Legal Information Institute|publisher=.law.cornell.edu|access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> Public-Private Partnerships, or statutory partnering, is where the government acts as a seller to private industry in either a direct sales agreement, Workshare Partnering Agreement, or a Facilities Use Agreement (governed by Title 10 USC 2474).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/2474-|title=10 U.S. Code § 2474 - Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence: designation; public-private partnerships|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref> Finally, the Enhanced Use Lease requires Congressional approval and full fair market value rent for underutilized Air Force assets (governed by 10 USC 2667).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/2667-|title=10 USC § 2667 – Leases: non-excess property of military departments and Defense Agencies &#124; LII / Legal Information Institute|publisher=Law.cornell.edu|access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>