{"id":8286,"date":"2012-07-26T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2012-07-26T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T16:37:00","slug":"second-b-1-contract-means-more-work-for-tinker-air-force-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/07\/26\/second-b-1-contract-means-more-work-for-tinker-air-force-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Second B-1 Contract Means More Work for Tinker Air Force Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8287\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jshappell\/2877523435\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8287\" title=\"B-1 Bomber\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/07\/b-1-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/07\/b-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/07\/b-1-500x292.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/07\/b-1-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/07\/b-1.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">KM6XO \/ Flickr<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectators check out a B-1 Bomber on the runway during an air show.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>Some good news for Oklahoma&#8217;s aerospace industry: Boeing is getting <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/05\/10\/defense-bill-spares-oklahoma-citys-c-130-program-at-least-temporarily\/\">a second<\/a> Department of Defense contract for B-1 bomber upgrades, and workers at Tinker Air Force Base will perform the installations.<\/p><p><em>The Journal Record<\/em>&#8216;s Sarah Terry-Cobo on the <a href=\"http:\/\/journalrecord.com\/2012\/07\/25\/boeing-receives-second-contract-for-b-1-bomber-aerospace\/\">$65.8 million deal:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The initial installation is scheduled to begin at Tinker in November. The equipment for the nine bombers will be delivered to the base in December 2013.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>In 2010, Boeing announced plans to move its B-1 bomber program and more than 500 jobs to Oklahoma City from Long Beach, Calif.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While some engineers have been in the metro area for a while, the remaining employees will complete relocation by the end of the year, Boeing spokeswoman Jennifer Hogan tells the <em>Journal<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some good news for Oklahoma&#8217;s aerospace industry: Boeing is getting a second Department of Defense contract for B-1 bomber upgrades, and workers at Tinker Air Force Base will perform the installations.The Journal Record&#8216;s Sarah Terry-Cobo on the $65.8 million deal: The initial installation is scheduled to begin at Tinker in November. The equipment for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":8287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,300],"tags":[312],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}