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New Tinker electrical peaking plant enables energy resilience

Col. Cisco Harris, Tinker installation and 72nd Air Base Wing commander, center left, celebrates with Sean Trauschke, OGE Energy Corp. CEO, chairman and president, center right, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Tinker Power Plant outside Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 19, 2026. Designed to provide essential power for Tinker AFB’s numerous no-fail missions, the peaking plant features two natural gas-fired combustion turbine units that can generate up to 96 megawatts, enough to power approximately 34,000 homes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

PHOTO BY: Paul Shirk
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Canon EOS R5

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RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM

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4

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1/4000

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800

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New Tinker electrical peaking plant enables energy resilience

Col. Cisco Harris, Tinker installation and 72nd Air Base Wing commander, center left, celebrates with Sean Trauschke, OGE Energy Corp. CEO, chairman and president, center right, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Tinker Power Plant outside Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 19, 2026. Designed to provide essential power for Tinker AFB’s numerous no-fail missions, the peaking plant features two natural gas-fired combustion turbine units that can generate up to 96 megawatts, enough to power approximately 34,000 homes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

PHOTO BY: Paul Shirk
VIRIN: 260219-F-HI919-1019.JPG
FULL SIZE: 2.67 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/4000

ISO

800

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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