Officials Agree to Create Space Complex

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Officials Agree to Create Space Complex
October 01, 2008
Air Force Print News

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - Air Force officials announced that the service has signed a long-term lease agreement with Oklahoma County that will enable the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center to establish the Tinker Aerospace Complex here.

The lease, which was signed, covers approximately 407 acres of land formerly occupied by the General Motors Plant, including 3.8 million gross square feet of real property, of which 3.5 million square feet is industrial and administrative space and is expected to improve the efficiency of current OC-ALC operations.

Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley praised the effort as another example of how the state of Oklahoma and Tinker AFB's surrounding communities work together in an unprecedented partnership to preserve and enhance national security.

"The Air Force is very pleased to enter into a low-cost, long-term lease agreement with Oklahoma for the prior GM facility south of Tinker AFB," Secretary Donley said. "This facility will enhance operations at Tinker AFB and provide long term benefits to the Air Force."

"This lease agreement will reduce the scope of projected military construction projects needed to replace substandard facilities, improve base energy usage, and provide flexibility for mission needs," said Maj. Gen. Loren Reno, OC-ALC commander. "It presents a tremendous opportunity for the air logistics center to improve the overall working environment for Team Tinker, and support our ability to secure the right workload for the ALC and help us better support the warfighter."


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