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Currently, Kegelman AFAF is a sub-base of Vance Air Force Base under the control of the 71st Flying Training Wing (71 FTW). The airfield was previously administered by Will Rogers Field, Clovis Army Air Field, Woodward Army Air Field, and Liberal Army Airfield prior to the U.S. Air Force becoming an independent service in 1947. [4]
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 .
Ardmore Air Force Base (1942–1959) In Carter County. Started out as Ardmore Army Air Field during World War II. Trained B-17 Flying Fortress and B-26 Marauder crews and CG-4 glider pilots. The army vacated in 1945 but the air force came back in 1953. From 1953 to 1959 cargo planes were stationed here.
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 ...
Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 Nov 1972 – present [2] Aircraft. F-4 Lightning (1942–1944) F-5 Lightning (1943–1946) B-17 Flying Fortress (1942–1943)
The Society for the Historical Preservation of the 26th North Carolina Troops — which in 2015 paid $138,447 for the repair of the obelisk commemorating Gov. Zebulon Vance — filed the lawsuit.
Vance Air Force Base: Enid: Oklahoma: Air Education and Training Command: 71st Flying Training Wing: 71st Flying Training Wing and 5th Flying Training Squadron provide undergraduate pilot training, flying the T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A Texan II and T-38C Talon.
Vice President-elect JD Vance is taking aim at California leadership as wildfires continue to rage in the southern part of the state, claiming "there is a serious lack of competent governance."