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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 .
For additional lineage and history, see 71st Flying Training Wing. The 71st Observation Group trained with B-25, P-38, and P-40 aircraft beginning in October 1941. It moved to California in December 1941 and flew antisubmarine patrols off the west coast, then moved to the Southwest Pacific in the fall of 1943 and flew reconnaissance missions over New Britain, New Guinea, and the Admiralty ...
The U.S. Navy left the area in 1946. In 1954 the U.S. Air Force took over the site to train bomber pilots and the name was changed to Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base. In 1959 Clinton-Sherman became a bomber base housing B-52 Stratofortresses. The air force vacated the area in 1969.
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Now: Vance Air Force Base; Frederick Army Airfield, Frederick AAF Central Flying Training Command 2520th Army Air Forces Base Unit Now: Frederick Municipal Airport (IATA: FDR, ICAO: KFDR) Hatbox Army Airfield, Muskogee AAF Central Flying Training Command 2557th Army Air Forces Base Unit Later: Hatbox Field (Closed) Miami Municipal Airport, Miami
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