Tinker AFB TIK May 2023

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Tinker AFB TIK May 2023

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Hi All,

Visited Tinker earlier in the month. On the south side of the airfield they have decent spotting area. First day was a bust. A lot of E-3s took off and never came back. When I got to the hotel I found out that there is tornado warning and that's why a lot of the birds evacuated from the base.
The only thing that flew that afternoon was lonely B-52 on a test flight.

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Re: Tinker AFB TIK May 2023

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Morning the next day I went and visited Tinker Heritage Park.

This guy is actually across the street at Oklahoma Welcome Center.
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Entire set: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAFrAw
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Re: Tinker AFB TIK May 2023

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Later that day I was awaiting the airplanes which evacuated day before. Here are some of them.

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Re: Tinker AFB TIK May 2023

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Nice! Thanks for posting VH3D!
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Re: Tinker AFB TIK May 2023

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As I was scrolling through these, the B-52 brought back something I totally forgot about: after I suffered a food-poisoning the night before, I threw up under its wings as we visited the museum some 20 years ago. Apologies for the sacrilege, but I felt a lot better after that..!

I wish I would have sued Mcd for the chewy chicken nuggets!?
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