Tinker Air Force Base (IATA: TIK, ICAO: KTIK, FAA LID: TIK) is a major U.S. Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in the southeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area, directly south of the suburb of Midwest City, Oklahoma.
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