Tinker Airforce Base

Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Air Force Initiate First F119 Engine Overhaul

The joint USAF and Pratt & Whitney Performance Based Logistics (PBL) team is responsible for developing, validating and implementing overhaul practices for the world's first fifth generation fighter engine.  "The award-winning performance of the F119 PBL team and the outstanding performance of the F119 engine are good indicators of what the services can expect when we field and support the F135 engines powering the F-35 Lightning II," said , vice president, F135/F119 Engine Programs, Pratt & Whitney. "We are delighted with the exceptional performance of the F119, the only operational fifth generation fighter engine in the world, and proud to partner with our U.S. Air Force customer on this important program."

The F119 is being disassembled on a module-by-module basis.  Each module is undergoing intensive inspection in accordance with pre-established maintenance procedures.  This activity provides the team an opportunity to refine procedures and validate that the HMC is operationally ready for the higher volume of maintenance activity expected, as the entire F119 engine fleet begins to be inducted into the HMC for its first depot overhaul visit.

The F119 engine program has exceeded 380,000 total engine operational hours and nearly 200,000 operational flight hours powering the F-22 Raptors for the U.S. Air Force.

Pratt & Whitney continues to deliver both F119 and F135 engines from the fifth generation production line, with 466 F119 engines and 23 F135 production engines delivered to date. The F135 is the only engine powering the F-35 Lightning II flight test program today with nearly 1,000 flights, 1,450 flight hours and more than 110 flawless vertical landings.  We've achieved these milestones while maintaining a flight test readiness level of 98%. The F119 and the F135 are the only two fifth generation fighter engines in production today.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.  United Technologies, based in , is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries.  Please visit www.utcaero.com for news from Pratt & Whitney and United Technologies at the Paris Air Show 2011.

Project – Tinker Air Force Base | Galvmet

Galvmet has partnered with Glover Sheet Metal, Inc. in Oklahoma City to provide sheet metal for the major projects being done at Tinker Air Force Base .  We provide them tens of thousands of pounds of commercial grade steel on a regular basis.  This steel is going into duct work for many of the hundreds of buildings at Tinker Air Force Base.  We are proud of the fact that our high quality sheet metal is being used to support our military at home.

Tinker is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command’s (AFMC) Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC), which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components. It is one of three Air Force ALCs, the others being Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) at Hill AFB, Utah and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) at Robins AFB, Georgia.

The host unit at Tinker is the 72d Air Base Wing (72 ABW) which provides services and support for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations.

Tinker is also the home of the Navy’s Strategic Communications Wing One (TACAMO), a Navy Air Wing which is fully integrated in the Air Force Base, and employs over 1,300 active-duty sailors and 100 contractors to provide maintenance, security, operations, administration, training and logistic support for the Navy’s E-6B Mercury aircraft fleet. The Mercury aircraft enables the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense to directly contact submarines, bombers and missile silos enforcing the country’s national security through nuclear deterrence.

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