[box type=”shadow”]Summary: Midwest City provides vital support to the Tinker Air Show through logistics, safety and hospitality. The 2025 air show features the Thunderbirds, a Pearl Harbor reenactment and iconic aircraft displays. The 2023 show brought 301,000+ attendees and boosted local restaurant and retail traffic by 29.5%.[/box]MIDWEST CITY When the Tinker Air Show comes around, Joshua Ryan loves driving a golf cart back and forth between the parking lot and the VIP viewing areas on Tinker Air Force Base.He enjoys seeing the visitors’ enthusiasm and hearing their excitement when they get an up-close look at the planes on the tarmac right as they drive up.“It’s really cool to see the kids light up as soon as you turn a corner and there’s a jet just sitting there right in front of them,” Ryan said, adding that it is also a chance to show people the important work that people at Tinker do every day to serve the military and the…..