It is sometimes neat to live near Tinker. Most of the time it is just irritating with the AWACS planes landing and taking off what seems like all day everyday.
We live about 12 miles north of the air base, but that is basically right on top of it in Oklahoma terms. We do most of our shopping in Midwest City which surrounds Tinker. The shopping center we were at is directly next door to the main Tinker entrance.