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  • An F-15E Strike Eagle basks in the late evening light after escaping Hurricane Dorian's path and relocating to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 4, 2019. The F-15E is assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina, as part of Air Combat Command. Team Tinker executed an existing agreement with Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina and Warner-Robins AFB, Georgia to host fighters, tankers and reconnaissance aircraft far away from the devastating hurricane impacting the East Coast of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

    Team Tinker provides refuge for aircraft evacuating Hurricane Dorian

    When Hurricane Dorian appeared on radar to hit Georgia and the Carolinas this week, nearly a quarter of a million residents evacuated the coast and they’re not the only ones who took security measures ahead of the category two storm’s arrival.
  • Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. — An F-15E Strike Eagle Assigned to the 334th Fighter Squadron takes off, September, 4, 2019, from Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina. More than 30 aircraft were repositioned to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, as a precautionary measure to avoid severe weather associated with Hurricane Dorian. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Charles)

    ACC maintains lethal readiness through hurricane preparation

    Air Combat Command Airmen are responding to the danger presented by Hurricane Dorian as it moves along the east coast of the U.S. More than 150 aircraft have evacuated inland to protect the billions of taxpayer dollars invested into the Air Force fleet.

  • Hurricane Dorian Evacuation Order:

    Hurricane Dorian Evacuation Order: Due to projected storm surge, potential partial power shutdown and anticipated flooding of low-lying areas of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Col. Clinton Ross, 633rd Air Base Wing commander is issuing a mandatory evacuation to the nearest “safe” available accommodations for those residents’ on Langley Air Force Base, living in Lighter-Than-Air, Heavier-than-Air housing and lodging effective immediately.
  • Airmen adjust a maintenance stand on an E-8C Joint STARS aircraft at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 2, 2019, ahead of Hurricane Dorian. The Joint STARS aircraft belonging to the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing, relocated to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., in preparation for Hurricane Dorian’s potential arrival on the eastern coast of Georgia. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Dustin Cole)

    116th Air Control Wing evacuates JSTARS aircraft ahead of Hurricane Dorian

    The 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, began relocating the fleet of E-8C Joint STARS aircraft stationed on the installation, Sept. 2, to prevent potential damage from Hurricane Dorian. The Joint STARS have relocated temporarily to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where they will wait while Hurricane Dorian travels up the eastern coast of the United States.
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