Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Oklahoma Base Prepares for MQ-9 Reaper Engine Work
Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma will be the lead maintenance facility for the Reaper’s Honeywell TPE331 turboprop engine. (Photo: Honeywell)
Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma will be the lead maintenance facility for the Reaper’s Honeywell TPE331 turboprop engine. (Photo: Honeywell)

Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City, Okla., the state’s largest single-site employer with some 20,000 civilian employees, is preparing for a lead role in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).