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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 10 Wahoma City A Mil aldatatidns to " t ' ': " v The Sooner State's largest, single industry ! That is the title frequently given the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area at Tinker AFB where 30,000 military and civilian personnel support the Air Force in many vital areas. Commanded by Maj. Gen. Melvin F. McNickle, employees of OCAMA work in the largest jet engine overhaul facility in the world a mile-lon- g building. They support the "Hound Dog" and "Quail" 7 2 and missiles, such and tankers bombers 5 and .is the air-conditio- B-4- B-5- KC-19- 7. KC-13- MAJ. GEN. MELVIN F. McNICKLE COMMANDER, OKLAHOMA AIR MATERIEL AREA Dedicated personnel i n this vital industry in the most modern facilities and with the finest tools and repair equipment in the world as in the four other Air Materiel Areas in the Air Force Logistic Command . Just about the finest maintenance facility! 5 the world is the overhaul line at OCAMA. This faci is just under a mile in length and is completely air conditions MILE-LON- G KC-13- the k support Air Force mission. around-the-cloc- mitl Other prime responsibilities of OCAMA include the communications system, with a variety of "systems" under the mission. IOfc p ill-WW- OT'ii mm Tinker AFB, the home of OCAMA, also has its title, "Crossroads of the Nation," and covers 4,000 acres with 490 buildings and an assessed value of more than $131 for aerospace weapons achieved proving that the AMA is indeed the Sooner State's largest single p -V " 5 JZr-- i CORNER Another OCAMA mission is communications, and this snecial sit located in some corner of the world depends on OCAMA management of cot mumcations systems. woria-w- far-o- Appreciaton is hereby extended to Mr. E. E. O'Brien, chief, Office of Information, OCAMA, and his staff, for replying so promptly to a Hill Top Times request for material used on this page. The Editor. ft- -- 5fif . s5ji 'I rftV$ wir?? f r T' LOOKING WEST . . .... ' mmmmmmtf mi outlding covering t.i n, ,.ti J: ... " . acres at OCAMA is ine where nearly 12.000 persons are employed. Total number buIMnr Headquarters of ,mpl0yfe9 at Tin OCAMA, is 30,000 military and civilian personnel. v 52 fBmJJ -- FAR-OF- F S rvi7wsBi- 7 as- signed to OCAMA a payroll of more than $187 million is 1 -- million. In achieving its mission of supplying, maintaining and buying replenishment spares ONE OF THE LARGEST Jet engine overhaul is one of the a vcrfvat In fko wrtrlfl at ft Ir la tin ma Af A ...I. ii. average of 12 engines are completed each workday. Above a TF-3- 3 turbofan engine ia fitted with hot section accessories. 1 MAJOR Miestnv OCAMA with every v.inna aircraft Xr, la another major in the U.S. Air on instruments overhauled here. A workman the above composite photograph with various in Joxrmh "eomp" ents.. - |