Event at state Capitol highlights aerospace industry in Oklahoma
A week-long event at the state Capitol is highlighting the impacts of the aerospace industry in Oklahoma.
A week-long event at the state Capitol is highlighting the impacts of the aerospace industry in Oklahoma.
A week-long event at the state Capitol is highlighting the impacts of the aerospace industry in Oklahoma.
A week-long event at the state Capitol is highlighting the impacts of the aerospace industry in Oklahoma.
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The second-floor rotunda was filled with hundreds of people on Wednesday. Speakers talked about what is next for the aerospace industry in Oklahoma.
"The Oklahoma Air National Guard is leading the way nationally and internationally in combat, and in the newest mission in the entire U.S. Air Force," said Chris Eason, brigadier general in the Oklahoma Air National Guard. "In OKC, the 137th special operation is getting a new aircraft to be unveiled this weekend."
The OA-1K Skyraider II will be welcomed on Saturday at the Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City. An arrival ceremony is being held to welcome the aircraft to its new home, where training will be conducted.
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The ceremony will be from 9 to 10 a.m.
The aerospace industry provides 206,000 jobs in Oklahoma, with a payroll of $11.7 billion. The industry also has $44 billion in annual economic activity.
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