FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma

Tinker Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force base located in Oklahoma City, near the suburb of Midwest City, Oklahoma. Tinker is the home of the Air Force Materiel Command Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC) (FHZ) which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components. 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.

General Clarence L. Tinker (1887-1942) was an airman of Osage Indian ancestry who lost his life during World War II while on a combat mission during the Japanese attack on Midway Island in the Pacific, June 7, 1942. Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is named in his honor.

In the fall of 1906, Tinker enrolled at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri. Upon graduating from Wentworth in 1908 Tinker was commissioned a third lieutenant in the Philippine Constabulary.

He received his commission as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army infantry in March 1912. After infantry training, Tinker joined the Twenty-fifth Infantry Division at Fort George Wright in Spokane, Washington. During World War I, Tinker served in the Southwestern United States and California, and was promoted to Major.

In 1919, Tinker began flying lessons. Shortly thereafter, he transferred to the Army Air Corps, and on July 1, 1922, he was assigned to flight duty. In 1927, he was named Commandant of the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas. Tinker commanded various pursuit and bombardment units during the 1930's. He was steadily promoted, and on October 1, 1940, became a brigadier general.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Tinker was named Commander of the Air Forces in Hawaii to reorganize the air defenses of the islands. In January 1942, he was promoted to Major General, the First American Indian in U.S. Army history to attain that rank.

In June 1942, the Japanese began their assault of Midway Island. In the midst of the Battle of Midway, on June 7, General Tinker decided personally to lead a force of early model B-24s against the retreating Japanese naval forces. Near Midway Island his plane was seen to go out of control and plunge into the sea. General Tinker and eight crewmen perished. His body was never recovered.

Tinker Air Force Base has more than 26,000 military and civilian employees and is the largest single-site employer in Oklahoma. The installation covers 5,033 acres and has 760 buildings with a building floor space of over 15,200,000 square feet.

The 72nd Air Base Wing provides base installation and support services for the OC-ALC and 45 associate units assigned to six major commands, including the largest flying wing in Air Combat Command, the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing One and several defense agencies. More than 1,600 military personnel and 1,500 contractors work within the 72nd Air Base Wing.

Read More About Tinker Air Force Base Here!

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[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good evening, and thanks for tonights thread, Ma and Lauren!
Hello, everyone.
We have a PGR mission on Weds the 11th, for a Korean War vet who has no family.
He passed away in ‘94.
We are going as his family, so he can be laid to rest at last:

“Carl Raymond Whittemore, Jr, USMC, Korea Veteran, MIAP, 3 May 11

The Patriot Guard has been asked to provide an escort, and be “family” for Carl Raymond. Whittemore, Jr, USMC, a Korea Veteran who passed away in 1994, and will be finally laid to rest at the Augusta Veterans Cemetery. This Mission is in cooperation with the Missing in America Project.”

I am so honored to be a part of this!

[AZamericonnie]

My plants have been in for over a couple of months...they are covered in green fruit!:)I’m getting ripe strawberries already.

You have to remember I grow on a small scale.:)

I was carefull to cover my strawberrie plants & they are now three years old.

I don’t live in a good area to garden really. Just putter about.

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Taz & good to see you! *hugs*

How’s you Sister doing?

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Dangerous! *hugs*

[luvie]

What an awesome and honorable thing to do for this brave
hero of a long-past war. I wish I could go too! (((hugs)))

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
I wish you could, too!
I am happy he will finally be laid to rest..
and that he won’t be alone!

[PROCON]

Good on you MS and the PGR's!! (((HUGS)))

RIP Mr. Whittemore and job well done!

[luvie]

Indeed, I think this hero would be proud to call the PGR his family!

[TASMANIANRED]

You need a sky hook to pull the storm over towards you.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Eventide, Lady Ms. B.!

*BOW*

How farest thee this eventide?



My knights and men-at-arms are at thy service!

And good on you for you and PGR for being family to our Brother Marine Carl Raymond Whittemore, Jr. May he rest in peace, and may perpetual light shine upon him!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[luvie]

I wonder if there is a place called Rent-A-Hook....might work! :)

We’ve tried every thing else!

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Schatzi, Smooch.

Thanks for all you do for our fallen heroes.

[TASMANIANRED]

My strawberries fizzled but the asparagus is coming up.

[ConorMacNessa]

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

Must retire – the 0500 Reveille approaches relentlessly – the bugler already mounts the parapet. Will chat with you all on the morrow.

Good night, God Bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[TASMANIANRED]

Doing well..short term memory problems but that was to be expected.

Little expressive aphasia.

[Old Sarge]

Evening, Ladies!

Another wet, sloppy evening here, almost too damp and chilly to smoke.

Glad I have a door twixt me and the dark.

How is everyone here?

[PROCON]

G’night Conor, sleep deep!

[luvie]

Good night Conor...rest easy...see you tomorrow! (((hugs)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sarge...((HUGS))...could you send some of that slop up here, please? We are very dry.

[luvie]

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