FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma ~ 26 JULY 2022

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Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma

Tinker Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, surrounded by Del City, Oklahoma City, and 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.

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 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 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 552nd Air Control Wing flies Air Combat Command's E-3 Sentry 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.

Learn More About Tinker Air Force Base HERE!!

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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[lightman]

Happy Monday and happy motoring!

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
July 26, 2022

God of the Garden

Read: Genesis 3:8–13

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. Genesis 3:8

Many years ago, Joni Mitchell wrote a song called “Woodstock” in which she saw the human race trapped in a “bargain” with the devil. Urging her listeners to seek a simpler, more peaceful existence, she sang of a return to “the garden.” Mitchell spoke for a generation longing for purpose and meaning.

Mitchell’s poetical “garden” is Eden, of course. Eden was the paradise God created for us back in the beginning. In this garden, Adam and Eve met with God on a regular basis—until the day they made their bargain with the devil (see Genesis 3:6–7). That day was different. “Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden” (v. 8).

When God asked what they’d done, Adam and Eve engaged in a lot of blame-shifting. Despite their denial, God didn’t leave them there. He “made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them” (v. 21), a sacrifice that hinted at the death Jesus would endure to cover our sins.

God didn’t give us a way back to Eden. He gave us a way forward into restored relationship with Him. We can’t return to the garden. But we can return to the God of the garden. — Tim Gustafson

What stands between you and God today? What might you confess to Him in order to walk in “the cool of the day” with Him?

Father, help me not to blame others for my own faults and failures. Thank You that honesty with You means relationship with You.

Bible in a year: Psalms 40–42; Acts 27:1–26

[PROCON]

Yo radu, sorry I didn't respond last night, crashed early.

Our heat is indeed creeping up, triple digits today and all week.

I saw the pups this weekend but Robin was off hanging with her sister.

Tomorrow is mowing day and I'm going to be starting real early and then hide inside with the A/C for the rest of the day.

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy and thank you radu!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you lightman!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi there PROCON!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening, and thank you Mayor!

[Revolutionary]

Do they still have the Tinker burger? Years ago the transient maintenance was contractor run and they had the prettiest crew chiefs.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Revolutionary, thanks for joining us this evening!

Interesting info, must check it out!

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

I saw y’all have excessive heat warnings up there these days. I feel for ya! We had them here and are glad to finally be out from under the gun. For now, at least.

I reckon the pups didn’t want to spend much time outside. Take care of business and head back for the AC. LOL

You must be getting some rain if you’re still mowing each week. Hubby hasn’t needed to mow for a couple of weeks now since it hasn’t grown since then. It’s just turned crunchy brown.

[radu]

Howdy, lauren!

Hope all’s well down your way and that you’ll get a break from the heat REAL soon.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma ~

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[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Looking mighty breezy up there today. The trees are really dancing. I hope you were fortunate enough to get some of the rain that moved through this morning.

[luvie]

Great Road Trip, lauren!
I've made it many times.
Our son was stationed there for about 9 years.
Till he retired and moved away.
They lived in Moore
...and experienced many tornadoes, too.
They now live in Bryan. WooHoo!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

I reckon you’re pretty familiar with Tinker Air Force Base if you went up there to visit over that many years. :-)

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

I am in a way. Only went on base a few times. They didn’t live on base. David didn’t want to do that. Too much. LOL! It’s a nice, though small, base.

[radu]

I can understand where they were coming from. Jamie didn’t want to live on base at Camp Lejeune either so I didn’t go on base all that much.
We lived in Sneads Ferry, which was a speck in the road at the time. I can’t believe how much it’s grown since then.