Tinker AFB

Tinker Air Force Base
Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Located near: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An E-3 Sentry AWACS at Tinker flies a mission.
F-108 Engine Maintenance for KC-135 Stratotankers at Tinker Air Logistics Center
Coordinates	35°24′53″N 097°23′12″W / 35.41472°N 97.38667°W / 35.41472; -97.38667 (Tinker AFB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941–present
Garrison information
Garrison	72d Air Base Wing

Airfield information
IATA: TIK ICAO: KTIK FAA LID: TIK
Summary
Elevation AMSL	1,291 ft / 393 m
Coordinates	35°24′53″N 097°23′12″W / 35.41472°N 97.38667°W / 35.41472; -97.38667Coordinates: 35°24′53″N 097°23′12″W / 35.41472°N 97.38667°W / 35.41472; -97.38667
Website	www.tinker.af.mil
Map
KTIK Location of Tinker Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 10,000 3,048 PEM 18/36 11,101 3,384 PEM

Tinker Air Force Base (IATA: TIK, ICAO: KTIK, FAA LID: TIK) is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located geographically in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The base, originally known as Midwest Air Depot, is named in honor of Oklahoma native Major General Clarence L. Tinker, the first Native American Major General.

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 OC-ALC is Lieutenant General Bruce A. Litchfield. The host unit at Tinker is the 72d 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 Col. Stephanie Wilson.

Tinker AFB is home to major Department of Defense, Air Force and Navy units with national defense missions.

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.