The F-5 tornado that devastated a good portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma just barely missed destroying Tinker AFB, Oklahoma . The base caught the outer edge of the tornado and suffered little major damage, but numerous cars were damaged, 20 buildings had major damage, and lots of debris covered the base. Damaged cars, buildings and debris not shown. This imaged shows rubble strewn in front of the entrance to Vance Gate at Tinker
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Oklahoma City
State: Oklahoma (OK)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bill Kimble
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
- The F-5 tornado that devastated a good portion of Oklahoma City ...
- The F-5 tornado that devastated a good portion of Oklahoma City ...
- 2 Vance gate Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- The F-5 tornado that devastated a good portion of Oklahoma City ...
- The F-5 tornado that devastated a good portion of Oklahoma City ...
- File:The F-5 tornado that devastated a good portion of Oklahoma ...
- Even thought the roof and walls were destroyed everything remains ...
- Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dieses Foto wie folgt ...
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Date
04/05/1999
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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