Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea, 16 Mar 1944; Operated from Biak after c. 11 Aug 1944. Mokmer Airfield, Biak, 10 Sep – 20 Oct 1944; Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 4 Nov 1944; Air Echelon assigned to Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 19 May – 12 Aug 1945. Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, 21 Jul 1945; Chōfu Airfield, Japan, 28 Sep 1945
Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, 9 July 1945; Chofu Airfield, Japan, 27 September 1945; Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 10 February 1946; Itami Airfield, Japan, 30 March 1946 – 1 April 1949; Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 24 January 1955 – 1 July 1957; Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 November 1972 – present [1]
This page was last edited on 4 September 2006, at 06:14 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
After V-E Day, became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe, being assigned to AAF Station Frankfurt and was part of the USAFE European Air Transport System, supporting the occupation forces in Germany as well as carrying supplies and personnel between various stations in Western Europe. Inactivated on 30 September 1946 in Germany.
The 3rd moved to Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma later in April 2007 and was redesignated the 3rd Fighter Training Squadron to provide Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals training to fighter graduate students. The 3rd lost its IFF mission when the Air Force concentrated the training at three other bases in September 2011.
Location of Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Date: 11 September 2008: Source: Created by me in QGIS, tweaked in Inkscape. Author: Scott Nazelrod: SVG development .