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Vance Air Force Base (IATA: END, ICAO: KEND, FAA LID: END) is a United States Air Force base located in southern Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 mi (105 km) north northwest of Oklahoma City. The base is named after local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr .
325th Medical Group, Tyndall Air Force BASE; 71st Medical Group, Vance Air Force Base; AFMS West 9th Medical Group, Beale Air Force Base; 460th Medical Group, Buckley Space Force Base; 27th Special Operations Medical Group, Cannon Air Force Base; 355th Medical Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base; 412th Medical Group, Edwards Air Force Base
When the 9th Bombardment Wing, including the 9th Medical Group, moved from Travis AFB to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho on 1 May 1953, the 5th Medical Group took over the hospital at Travis. After the Armistice in Korea became effective, the first group of American prisoners of war , from the mass exchange of prisoners with the Communists, arrived at ...
The wing was redesignated the 71st Flying Training Wing and replaced the 3575th Pilot Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma in November 1972, assuming control of the undergraduate pilot training for USAF, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and allied countries there. In addition, it supported the Accelerated Co-Pilot Enrichment ...
The 32d Flying Training Squadron was last part of the 71st Flying Training Wing based at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operated Beechcraft T-1 Jayhawk aircraft conducting flight training. It was inactivated on 14 September 2012.
A handful of Department of Veterans Affairs employees reportedly peeked at vice presidential hopefuls JD Vance's and Tim Walz's medical records in July and August.
Vance spent four years in the Marines and served a tour in Iraq in 2005 as a combat correspondent. Walz served 24 years in the National Guard and retired in 2005 before a run for Congress .
It was re-designated as Squadron A, Post Field, Okla., on July 22, 1918. It was demobilized due to the end of World War I on January 2, 1919. Today, the 3rd Flying Training Squadron, which traces its lineage to the 3rd Aero Squadron, trains pilots at Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Okla. The 4th Aero Squadron was also sent to Post Airfield that summer.