Photo by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 07.28.2025
A B-52H Stratofortress undergoing programmed depot maintenance is towed into a hangar at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 28, 2025. The aircraft’s extra-long wingspan is too wide for the hangar, so it “crabs” into the hangar diagonally. Representatives from Boeing were on hand for this towing to study how the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex moves the B-52 as the company prepares......
Photo by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 07.28.2025
A B-52H Stratofortress undergoing programmed depot maintenance is towed into a hangar at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 28, 2025. The aircraft’s extra-long wingspan is too wide for the hangar, so it “crabs” into the hangar diagonally. Representatives from Boeing were on hand for this towing to study how the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex moves the B-52 as the company prepares......
Photo by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 07.28.2025
A B-52H Stratofortress undergoing programmed depot maintenance is towed into a hangar at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 28, 2025. The aircraft’s extra-long wingspan is too wide for the hangar, so it “crabs” into the hangar diagonally. Representatives from Boeing were on hand for this towing to study how the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex moves the B-52 as the company prepares......
Photo by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 07.28.2025
A B-52H Stratofortress undergoing programmed depot maintenance is towed into a hangar at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 28, 2025. The aircraft’s extra-long wingspan is too wide for the hangar, so it “crabs” into the hangar diagonally. Representatives from Boeing were on hand for this towing to study how the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex moves the B-52 as the company prepares......
Photo by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 07.28.2025
A B-52H Stratofortress undergoing programmed depot maintenance is towed into a hangar at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 28, 2025. The aircraft’s extra-long wingspan is too wide for the hangar, so it “crabs” into the hangar diagonally. Representatives from Boeing were on hand for this towing to study how the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex moves the B-52 as the company prepares......
Story by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 09.09.2025
Members of the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group’s Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Flight brought their battle damage repair skills to bear in Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025. The exercise, known as REFORPAC, held July 10 – Aug. 8, was a large-scale exercise encompassing all branches of the Defense Department, along with allied partners, focused on generating combat power in the......
Photo by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 06.26.2025
Dr. Jason Simeroth waves from the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon before takeoff at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., June 27, 2025. Simeroth reached 9.1 G’s during the Thunderbirds Hometown Hero flight, which marked the beginning of his retirement weekend. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Paul Shirk)...
Photo by Paul Shirk | 72nd Air Base Wing | 06.29.2025
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" perform at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 29, 2025. The Tinker Air Show, ‘Warriors of Air and Space,’ highlights the warrior ethos, hard work, and contributions of the military and civilian members of Tinker AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)...
