Midwest City is the place ‘Where the Spirit Flies High’

 
BY CHRIS SCHUTZ | Modified: August 9, 2010 at 2:59 pm | Published: February 24, 2010   

MIDWEST CITY — The "Midwest” in Midwest City, which is east of Oklahoma City and north of Interstate 40, doesn’t refer to the region where it’s located.

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Instead, the city was named after Midwest Air Depot, the former name of Tinker Air Force Base. The base remains the city’s largest employer, city spokeswoman Kay Hunt said.

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