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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 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, adjacent to Del City and Midwest City . The base, originally known as the Midwest Air Depot, is named in honor of ...
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both ...
Joint Base Langley-Eustis – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) east of Newport News, Virginia Joint Region Marianas – combines Naval Base Guam , Andersen Air Force Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz
The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC) Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma is one of the largest units in the Air Force Materiel Command.The complex performs programmed depot maintenance on the C/KC-135, B-1B, B-52 and E-3 aircraft; expanded phase maintenance on the Navy E-6 aircraft; and maintenance, repair and overhaul of F100, F101, F108, F110, F117, F118, F119, F135, and TF33 engines ...
Fort Coffee (1834–1838). In LeFlore County. Established to stop the influx of illegal whiskey and other contraband coming into Indian Territory from Arkansas. Named after Brigadier General John Coffee (1772–1833) who served in the War of 1812 (1812–1815) and the Creek War (1813–1814). [16] Camp Holmes (May-Aug. 1835).
Vance Air Force Base ( IATA: END, ICAO: KEND, FAA LID: END) is a United States Air Force base located in southern Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 mi (105 km) north northwest of Oklahoma City. The base is named after local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr . The host unit at Vance is the 71st Flying ...
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service ( AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and The PX or The BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army and Air Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more across 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries.
Coordinates (Air Base) (Army Base): Type: U.S. military Joint Base: Site information; Owner: Department of Defense: Operator: US Air Force: Controlled by: Air Combat Command (ACC): Condition: Operational: Website: www.jble.af.mil: Site history; Built: 1917 (as Langley Field and 1918 (as Camp Abraham Eustis): In use: 2010 () – present (as Joint Base): Garrison information; Current commander ...