TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. —
Tinker Air Power Base Set up Commander, Col. G. Corridor Sebren, Jr., delivered the State of Tinker speech at a luncheon hosted by the Midwest Metropolis Chamber of Commerce just lately.
Through the luncheon at Rose State Faculty, Sebren’s 30-minute replace targeted on progress, partnerships and jobs.
Whereas displaying the gang an aerial {photograph} of Tinker, Sebren mentioned that Tinker is ‘bursting on the seams,’ and requires enlargement.
“We’re about three and a half miles by three and a half miles, practically an ideal sq., and there’s a lot of stuff taking place in that sq.,” he mentioned. “There’s an excessive amount of taking place in there, so what you’re going to see over the following few years is Tinker rising contained in the wire, south with quite a lot of development there, however on the east aspect of the bottom, proper by Douglas Rd., we’re going to begin transferring out to the east.”
He mentioned that none of this may be achieved with out the unimaginable partnerships Tinker has with varied industries, training establishments and the encompassing communities.
“The help that we get from the entire counties that encompass us is significant,” Sebren mentioned. “We’re all the time in shut contact discussing methods we will help one another.”
GROWTH LEADS TO EXPANSION
In a press convention held right here in 2018, the previous Secretary of the Air Power, Heather Wilson, introduced that the B-21 Raider workload was awarded to Tinker.
“That is what’s going to trigger Tinker to develop to the southeast aspect of the bottom, additional east,” Sebren mentioned. “This enlargement wouldn’t be potential with out the consinuted help of Midwest Metropolis, the state and congress.”
The colonel went on to say that the B-21 Raider will be a part of the B-52, B-1, E-3, E-6, KC-135 and KC-46 plane which can be at present maintained by the Oklahoma Metropolis Air Logistics Advanced.
The KC-46A Pegasus Sustainment Campus continues to be rising. Three of the hangars are in place with the remainder nonetheless being constructed out over the following a number of years.
The Navy is getting ready for potential enlargement with a brand new airframe changing the E-6 Mercury.
EXPANSION LEADS TO JOB GROWTH
As soon as the complete KC-46 program depot upkeep workload involves Tinker the estimated job progress is close to 1,500 jobs.
“We’re going to want engineers and maintainers to meet this anticipated job progress,” mentioned Sebren. “We’ve got been working carefully with all of our training companions to get the curriculum growth and expertise required to fulfill the demand.”
Sebren additionally mentioned that job progress continues to be coming for continued progress and enlargement in Bldg. 9001. With new airframes and workload coming the 9001 enlargement may result in some 1,200 new jobs.
The commander additionally spoke in regards to the want for engineers right here. One space of enlargement on the set up may lead about 1,400 engineering jobs alone.
“The state simply doesn’t have the capability to fill all of these jobs,” he mentioned. “We’re keenly desirous about working with our faculties and universities to assist us fill these high-paying essential jobs.”
In closing, the colonel mentioned, “Tinker is positioned properly to take the laborious work achieved within the first 80 years and broaden on that, making the following 80 even higher.”
